Flight AF191 from Bengaluru to Paris is declaring an emergency and diverting.
Air France flight AF191 departed Bengaluru at 11:22 PM according to Flightradar24, from Terminal 2 for a flight to Paris CDG.
The Boeing 777-200ER aircraft climbed to cruise altitude of 34,000 feet but about 4 hours after departure, the crew declared an emergency (squawk 7700) and descended to FL210 over Turkmenistan.
The airline didn’t confirm any issue but the flight was delayed, estimated to land at 04:20 on Tuesday morning in Paris while the scheduled departure time is 02:00.
Source is reporting an engine failure forcing the pilots to shut it down. The aircraft is 26 years old, registered F-GSPI.
UPDATE 22:21 UTC
The flight is diverting to Ashgabat International Airport.
UPDATE 22:30 UTC
On short final to ASB Airport.
UPDATE 22:32 UTC
Touch down on runway 11L.
UPDATE 22:34 UTC
The airline is planning a stopover of 2 hours, with a new departure at 05:30 local time.
UPDATE 22:43 UTC
Passengers on board may not be allowed to disembark for a while. The aircraft is now on remote stand of the Airport. It is middle of the night in Ashgabat and authorities are not known to easily give authorization.
UPDATE
The flight AF191 is now scheduled to resume Wednesday at 1 PM with a spare aircraft (registration F-GSPQ). Passengers are stranded 33 hours at the airport.
UPDATE
The flight finally resumed on Tuesday night to Paris.
