An Air France flight operating from Paris Charles De Gaulle (CDG) to Malaga (AGP) has declared an emergency overhead Madrid in Spain.
Flight AF1748 / AFR12YT was en route from Paris in France to Malaga in Spain before it very rapidly diverted to Madrid in Spain, descending from its cruising altitude of 37,000 feet.
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The Air France aircraft made a rapid descent from its cruising altitude of 37,000 feet and appears to be heading for a divert into Madrid’s Barajas Airport (MAD).
According to RadarBox data, the aircraft hit a descent rate of nearly 5,200 feet per minute, which means whatever has happened on-board the aircraft, meant a diversion as quickly as possible was needed.
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The aircraft has safely landed in Madrid Barajas (MAD) at 11:08 p.m. local after a flight time of one hour and 39 minutes.
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The aircraft in question is registered as F-GKXL and is 17 years old at the time of writing after being delivered to Air France back in 2006. This is one of a total of 37 Airbus A320s that Air France currently has in its narrowbody fleet.
Air France flight AF1748 departed Paris Charles De Gaulle (CDG) at 9:28 p.m. local time bound for Malaga (AGP) with an approximate ETA of 11:35 p.m. before its diversion into Madrid.
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The aircraft has parked on a remote stand in Madrid.
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The current cause of the emergency and diversion into Madrid is unknown, however, if we do find out we will post an update.
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