Air France safety questioned by pilots after flight over Iraq during Iranian missile attacks – Libération

Several executives of the company were suspended after an airliner flew over the conflict zone on October 1, as the Iranian attack on Israel began. This is the second incident of this type in 2024. The pilots question the reliability of the service responsible for flight safety.

A somewhat tense atmosphere at Air France headquarters since the revelation by the continuous news channel LCI of the flight over Iraq by a company aircraft on October 1, at the time when the sending of Iranian missiles towards Israel. The matter is sufficiently worrying that an internal investigation was immediately opened. According to information from Releaseseveral executives, including the advisor to the director of security, were suspended. A procedure confirmed by Air France, which indicates that it is automatic in the event of an investigation of this type. The subject is all the more sensitive as there is a precedent that has remained confidential to this day. Five months earlier, on April 14, at the time of the first Iranian attack against Israel, an Air France Boeing 777 took off from Dubai at a time when missiles were being fired from Iran but also from Yemen. While anti-missile devices were sent from Israel, Jordan and from the stationed American fleet. Enough to make the region’s skies particularly dangerous for an airliner.

On October 1, flight AF662 takes off from Paris-Charles de Gaulle at d