An Air France flight enroute to Paris from Casablanca has declared an emergency in the last few moments.
Air France flight AFR363V, an Airbus A319-100 bound for Paris Charles de Gaulle (CDG) declared an emergency, squawking transponder code 7700 as it passed over southern France.
The flight now appears to be making good a diversion to Bordeaux.
Air France AFR363V Casablanca-Paris
23:49 UTC: Approach to Bordeaux (BOD)
Having expedited a diversion to nearby Bordeaux, flight AFR363V is currently established on an approach to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport (BOD).
The nature of the emergency prompting the diversion is not yet known. Flight crew are maintaining transponder code 7700 for emergency landing priority.
23:53 UTC: Landed Bordeaux (BOD)
Having expedited a diversion whilst enroute from Casablanca to Paris (CDG), Air France flight AFR363V has now landed runway 23 Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport (BOD).
Flight & Aircraft Data
Flight data shows that Air France AFR363V flight made a delayed departure out of Casablanca Mohammed V International Airport (CMN) at 11:25 PM local time.
Scheduled departure time for the service was listed as 7:35 PM local time.
Following departure, the flight had proceeded normally, climbing to flight level FL 3604 the northerly service to Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport.
Flight crew declared an emergency, squawking transponder code 7700 as the flight transited southern French airspace.
A descent and diversion into nearby Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport was then carried out.
The aircraft conducting the AFR363V service to Paris was an Airbus A319-100, registered F-GRHV. This is a 24.3 year old narrow body aircraft belonging to the national carrier Air France.
It has been in operational service since its initial delivery from the factory in May 2001.
