In the last few moments, an Air France Boeing 777 operating a flight between Paris & Tokyo has declared an emergency and is diverting to Istanbul.
F-GSQM is the Boeing 777 operating this flight.
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Emergency: Air France Flight AF274 Paris to Tokyo: Istanbul Diversion…
11 min ago10/06/24
Welcome!
Welcome to the live updates. Coverage will begin shortly.
9 min ago10/06/24
About to Turn Final…
Air France flight AF274 from Paris to Tokyo is about to turn final for an emergency landing into Istanbul. The cause of the emergency is not yet known.
6 min ago10/06/24
On Final…
AF274 is now on final approach to IST.
1 min ago10/06/24
TOUCHDOWN!: About F-GSQM – The Air France 777 Involved in the Emergency…
TOUCHDOWN! AF274 has appeared to have touched down safely into IST following an emergency broadcast during it’s diversion.
At this stage, it is unclear what the nature of the emergency is onboard the aircraft.
What we do know is some information about the aircraft, F-GSQM.
As per Planespotters, F-GSQM is a 18.2 year old Boeing 777-300ER that was delivered to Air France in March 2006.
Furthermore, of the 777-300ER variant, AF has 43 of them in it’s fleet.
Of the 43, all but four are in active service, with an average fleet age of 15.8 years.
As soon as we have more information pertinent to the reason of the emergency in Istanbul by AF274 Paris-Tokyo, then we will update you accordingly.
For now, this remains a developing story pending additional updates.
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