A flight between Paris and Pointe-à-Pitre diverted because of smoke on board

It took off around noon this Thursday from Orly airport, towards Pointe-à-Pitre in Guadeloupe.

But after an hour and a half of flight, a Corsair Airbus A330 was forced to turn around and was diverted to Brest-Guipavas airport where it landed urgently at around 2.15 p.m.

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Mayday mayday .. pic.twitter.com/DLUoFEUZyx

- Maxime Huguet (@stormaxou) November 25, 2021

According to

, the passengers smelled a burning smell and smoke spread inside the aircraft, forcing the crew to turn around.

The Airbus was carrying 148 passengers, says

.

Passengers leave the plane, forced to land urgently at #Brest https://t.co/pn7do1s6pq pic.twitter.com/fNq4tiF0Kn

- Rémy Quéméner (@remyquemener) November 25, 2021

About forty firefighters were dispatched to the scene as well as staff to welcome the passengers who left the aircraft unharmed a little before 3 p.m.

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