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Disruptive passenger forces Air France flight to divert to Sofia, Bulgaria

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On 5 March, an Air France Airbus A350 (registered F-HTYA) operated flight AF226 between Paris CDG, France and Delhi, India. Shortly after take-off, a passenger from Indian descent started arguing with fellow passengers, attacked a flight attendant and touched the cockpit door. 

The pilots could not but to divert to Sofia, Bulgaria to offload the unruly passenger. The man was charged for endangering flight safety that carries imprisonment of 10 years if convicted.

One passenger less, the flight continued to Delhi, where the aircraft landed with a delay of just over 2 hours and 30 minutes.

This post was published on 6 March 2021 17:06

Bart Noëth

Working for 25 years in the aviation industry, I changed my career and became a firefighter/EMT in 2021. I like to spend my free time with my two sons, girlfriend, family and friends. I love to travel, wine and dine and support my favourite football squad KV Mechelen. Once an Ironman 70.3 finisher and dreaming of completing a full distance.

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