France BCS3 near Amsterdam on May 25th 2026, fumes on board

Last Update: May 26, 2026 / 16:07:35 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
May 25, 2026

Classification
Incident

Airline
Air France

Flight number
AF-1750

Aircraft Registration
F-HPNZ

Aircraft Type
Airbus A220-300

ICAO Type Designator
BCS3

An Air France Bombardier C-Series CS-300, registration F-HPNZ performing flight AF-1750 from Paris Charles de Gaulle (France) to Copenhagen (Denmark), was enroute at FL370 about 70nm northeast of Amsterdam (Netherlands) when the crew declared Mayday and decided to divert to Amsterdam reporting they had fumes on board. The aircraft landed safely on Amsterdam's runway 36R about 25 minutes later.

Local emergency services reported they initiated a large emergency response and even activated a trauma helicopter after receiving the alert of smoke in the cabin, however, this all proved unnecessary in the end. The cause of the smoke is unknown.

The remainder of the flight as well as the return flight were cancelled.

The occurrence aircraft remained on the ground for about 26 hours, then positioned back to Paris and resumed service.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
May 25, 2026

Classification
Incident

Airline
Air France

Flight number
AF-1750

Aircraft Registration
F-HPNZ

Aircraft Type
Airbus A220-300

ICAO Type Designator
BCS3

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