Panic on AF422

[airazurxtror]

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/ma ... NTCMP=SRCH

Passengers on an Air France flight travelling from Paris to Bogotá have told how they thought they were going to die when the plane they were on plummeted towards the Atlantic ocean after a burning smell filled the cabin.
People on board were "saying their goodbyes to one another" as the plane rapidly descended to within 2,000 feet of the sea to offload fuel.
" Fuel was pouring out over the wings. We thought we were going to die (...) the cabin crew were sweating and shouting, and people were crying and praying. It was total panic."
The flight with hundreds of passengers on board made an emergency landing on the Azores island of Terceira at about 1.30pm on Monday afternoon.
After landing on a runway at Lajes airport on the tiny Azorian island, passengers were evacuated via emergency slides amid general chaos.


http://www.lefigaro.fr/actualite-france ... france.php

Air France evokes "the inadvertent activation of a fire alarm" and denyies "any sudden loss of altitude." "There was no smoke and the crew remained perfectly calm," says Jean-Charles at Figaro.fr Trehan, director of media relations group. "It's simply the announcement of diversion that caused some stress among passengers." The first ground examinations reveal "no technical problems," he supports. "We try to understand why the alarm went off for no reason."

http://avherald.com/h?article=44bf47fd&opt=0

An Air France Airbus A340-300, registration F-GLZJ performing flight AF-422 from Paris Charles de Gaulle (France) to Bogota (Colombia) with 288 passengers, was enroute over the Atlantic when the crew received a smoke indication for the lower mobile deck, crew rest area. The flight crew decided to divert to Lajes Airport on Terceira Island, Azores (Portugal) for a safe overweight landing.
Examination revealed the smoke indication was caused by smoke emanating from a short circuit.

[andorra-airport]

And it was standing next to the Lufthansa 747 ,who also had a diversion to Lajes (2nd for them this week)? Busy day for that airport. Glad to hear everybody is ok.

[fretn]

Is it just me or do these "accidents" occur often on AF?

[cnc]

these days the smallest accident may happen and people think they are going to die
a small turbulence hit and people already make it a rapid descend of 10000 feet.

[airazurxtror]

Interesting statement by somebody who claims to have been a passenger on that flight :
(message n°5 - in french)

http://voyageforum.com/forum/un_remake_ ... _D4868215/

[Anarki]

Interesting statement by somebody who claims to have been a passenger on that flight :
(message n°5 - in french)

http://voyageforum.com/forum/un_remake_ ... _D4868215/

This statement isn't interesting at all ! Please read the next comments, it's a fake...
Since when we use "IDOINE" to prevent for the impact ?

And the story is the same for others incidents... (Cfr. http://voyageforum.com/v.f?post=4869183#4869183)