France A359 near Shannon on Apr 6th 2025, unidentified odour on board

Last Update: April 6, 2025 / 17:41:33 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Apr 6, 2025

Classification
Incident

Airline
Air France

Flight number
AF-374

Departure
Paris Charles de Gaulle, France

Destination
Vancouver, Canada

Aircraft Registration
F-HTYH

Aircraft Type
Airbus A350-900

ICAO Type Designator
A359

An Air France Airbus A350-900, registration F-HTYH performing flight AF-374 from Paris Charles de Gaulle (France) to Vancouver,BC (Canada), was enroute at FL380 about 260nm northnorthwest of Shannon (Ireland) about to enter Oceanic Airspace when the crew declared PAN PAN and requested to return to Paris reporting an unidentified odour on board. The crew subsequently requested to descend to FL100 and was eventually cleared to descend to FL100. The aircraft landed safely back in Paris about 3.5 hours after departure.

A replacement A350-900 registration F-HTYQ is estimated to reach Vancouver with a delay of about 8 hours.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Apr 6, 2025

Classification
Incident

Airline
Air France

Flight number
AF-374

Departure
Paris Charles de Gaulle, France

Destination
Vancouver, Canada

Aircraft Registration
F-HTYH

Aircraft Type
Airbus A350-900

ICAO Type Designator
A359

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