ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 144254
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| Date: | Monday 5 March 2012 |
| Time: | 13:30 LT |
| Type: |  Airbus A340-313X |
| Owner/operator: | Air France |
| Registration: | F-GLZJ |
| MSN: | 186 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1997 |
| Engine model: | CFMI CFM56-5C4 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 288 |
| Aircraft damage: | None |
| Location: | Lajes Airport, Terceira, Azores -
 Portugal
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Charles de Gaulle, France |
| Bogota, Colombia | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Passengers on Air France flight AF422 from Paris to Bogotá have told how they thought they were going to die when the plane they were on carried out an emergency descent over Atlantic Ocean after a burning smell filled the cabin due to a short circuit at the lower mobile deck crew rest area.
The aircraft rapidly descended to within 2,000 feet of the sea.
The crew decided to perform an emergency landing on the Azores island of Terceira at about 1.30pm on Monday 5 March 2012.
Sources:
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2012/mar/06/air-france-passengers-plane?newsfeed=true
http://ww1.rtp.pt/acores/index.php?article=25704&visual=3&layout=10&tm=10
http://avherald.com/h?article=44bf47fd&opt=0
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 06-Mar-2012 08:53 | gerard57 | Added |
| 06-Mar-2012 09:01 | harro | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Total occupants, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 06-Mar-2012 09:05 | RobertMB | Updated [Time, Registration, Cn, Narrative] |
| 06-Mar-2012 09:06 | RobertMB | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 28-May-2022 09:05 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location, Narrative] |
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