Air France pilots avert potential disaster on New York-to-Paris flight after plane becomes ‘unresponsive’

The pilots of Air France Flight 11 efficiently landed their New York-to-Paris flight after a technical failure resulted in a scare within the cockpit and compelled the crew to take emergency motion, a spokesperson mentioned.

After the Boeing 777 descended to 1,200 ft, it turned unresponsive as a result of a “technical incident” and pilots didn’t know if its touchdown sequence may safely land the airplane, an Air France spokesperson advised the Day by day Mail.

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Audio recordings from the incident seem to indicate a panicked cockpit making an attempt to avert a probably lethal state of affairs because the pilots then engaged the airplane to abort the touchdown, the Day by day Mail reported. Alarms from the cockpit may be heard blaring within the recording.

“We went round following a problem with instructions. The airplane did not reply,” a pilot of the airplane defined later, the Day by day Mail reported. 

The pilots then turned away from the runway, quickly ascending, and tried a “go-around” — a standard process that crews are skilled to hold out ought to the necessity come up, in line with the spokesperson — as air site visitors management grounded flights on the Paris-Charles DeGaulle runway. 

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“We’re able to resume the ultimate method with radar steerage. Please give us time to handle the state of affairs, then information us with tailwind,” the pilot added within the recording, in line with the report.

Air France Flight 11 made a second method to the runway and safely landed, the corporate mentioned.

“Air France confirms that the crew of flight AF011 on 4 April 2022 from New York JFK to Paris-CDG aborted their touchdown sequence and carried out a go-around as a result of a technical incident in the course of the method,” the Air France spokesperson mentioned.

“The crews are skilled and commonly instructed in these procedures, that are utilized by all airways to ensure the security of flights and passengers, which is an absolute necessity for Air France,” the spokesperson added.

Air France advised the outlet that the corporate is grateful for the protected touchdown of the airplane and “understands and regrets” the inconvenience for its passengers.