Air France A380 declares emergency after 45 minutes into flight.

[michgyver 0]

An Air France flight from Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport to Johannesburg, South Africa was forced to declare an emergency and turn around 45 minutes into its journey, after crew discovered that two passengers were missing.

• Flight from Paris to Johannesburg triggered security alert after 45 minutes
• Crew on AF990A discovered baggage and passenger list did not match
• Bags onboard belonged to passengers who had missed their connection

Crew onboard the Air France A380 triggered the security alert after realising that the passenger list and baggage did not match – with four bags loaded without their owners.

Flight AF990A which was scheduled to fly at 11.30pm last night, had been delayed by technical issues until 09.30am this morning before the mid-air emergency.

According to AirLive the four bags belonged to two passengers in transit from London Heathrow who had missed their connecting flight to South Africa.

Commenting on the incident, a spokesperson for AirFrance said: ‘Air France confirms that the crew of flight AF990A from Paris Charles de Gaulle (CDG) to Johannesburg (JNB) on 14 October decided to apply the precautionary principle and return to Paris CDG after 45 minutes flight time for checks linked to the matching of the passenger list and the baggage loaded in the hold.

 

[affendi osman 0]

No head count before terbang?

[Mohd Suhaimi Fariz 2]

No head count before terbang?

On a Dugong? Fuh that will be tiring!

[Johan Z 0]

Didn't they scan the boarding passes before entering the holding gate? In some airports, they only scan boarding passes before you enter jet bridge.