China News Agency, Paris, April 6 (Reporter Li Yang) An Air France Boeing 777 lost control when it landed in Paris on the 5th local time.

The airliner's pilot eventually regained control of the plane and landed it successfully.

The French official agency announced on the 6th that it has launched a security investigation into the matter.

  Air France confirmed in a press release issued on the 6th that Air France flight AF011 from New York, the United States to Paris, France, had a "technical accident" when landing at Paris-Charles de Gaulle Airport on the 5th, and the aircraft's landing procedure was "interrupted" and went around; the crew The situation was brought under control on another attempt to land and the plane landed normally.

  According to a report by French BFM TV, when the Air France passenger plane approached Paris-Charles de Gaulle Airport on the 5th and began to land, the crew suddenly found that they lost control of the plane, and the plane deviates from the intended route and yaw to the left.

The plane was only about 370 meters above the ground at the time of the incident.

  The report said that the recording of the Air France passenger plane pilot and the control tower of Charles de Gaulle Airport has been made public. At that time, an alarm signal sounded in the cockpit of the passenger plane, and the pilot tried to regain control of the passenger plane; the control tower tried to get in touch with the plane again, and the pilot said he would reply later.

Afterwards, the pilot claimed to have regained control of the aircraft, and successfully went around, raising the flight altitude; the control tower re-arranged the landing runway of the passenger plane, and the passenger plane landed.

  The French Civil Aviation Safety Investigation and Analysis Agency (BEA) announced on the 6th that it has launched a safety investigation into the incident.

BEA believes that the incident reflects "instability of flight control" and will analyze the relevant data.

The plane involved has been parked until further notice.

BEA sources said the incident was classified as "serious" because it occurred during the "most risky entry phase".

  According to relevant technical information, the Boeing 777 aircraft was delivered in 2005 and has 296 seats and is equipped with first class and business class.

The French weekly "Viewpoint" revealed that the aging Boeing 777 aircraft in the Air France fleet is gradually being replaced by the Airbus A350 aircraft.

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