Unfortunate inconvenience for 282 passengers of the AF116 flight of Air France departed from Paris and directed to Shanghai that since last Saturday are blocked at the airport of Irkutsk, Siberia, due to a problem with the plane they were traveling on. The pilots of the Boeing B-777 / 300ER while they were passing in Russian airspace, had to request to land because of the presence of smoke in the cabin. No passengers were injured, but they have been stuck in Siberia for three days. The 282 people on board are now in a hotel near the Irkutsk airport in eastern Russia. Local authorities have stated that passengers have been hosted under the guidance of the customs services because they do not have a visa. They do not wear heavy clothes, because in China, their final destination is autumn, they rarely leave the hotel and are always escorted by the police. A second Air France plane had been sent from Paris to pick them up but on arrival it suffered a hydraulic failure caused by freezing. Scheduled for tomorrow morning, Wednesday 14 November, a third Air France aircraft that will try to take on board the unfortunate tourists. The 282 people, if all goes well, will arrive on Wednesday 14 November in Shanghai. Meanwhile, despite the sunny weather, the temperature dropped to -15 ° C in Irkutsk. It's clear, comments Giovanni D'Agata, president of the "Rights Window”A truly unfortunate flight. Definitely three days to forget for the passengers of the Air France flight who, between the fear of the emergency and the loss, will be able to reach their destination in China three days after the scheduled time or last Sunday at 17:45.
