France A359 at Buenos Aires on Nov 20th 2025, smell of smoke on board

Last Update: November 21, 2025 / 15:49:20 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Nov 20, 2025

Classification
Incident

Airline
Air France

Flight number
AF-411

Aircraft Registration
F-HTYT

Aircraft Type
Airbus A350-900

ICAO Type Designator
A359

An Air France Airbus A350-900, registration F-HTYT performing flight AF-411 from Buenos Aires Ezeiza,BA (Argentina) to Paris Charles de Gaulle (France), was climbing out of Ezeiza's runway 11 when the crew stopped the climb at FL170 declaring PAN PAN PAN reporting the smell of smoke on board. The aircraft returned to Ezeiza for a safe landing on runway 11 about 35 minutes after departure.

The flight was cancelled.

Passengers reported some weird smell in the cabin and smoke in the cabin, that seemed to come from the lights.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Nov 20, 2025

Classification
Incident

Airline
Air France

Flight number
AF-411

Aircraft Registration
F-HTYT

Aircraft Type
Airbus A350-900

ICAO Type Designator
A359

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