Norway-bound Air France returns to Paris after captain falls ill
An Air France plane is parked on the tarmac of Charles de Gaulle airport. (AFP/Stephane de Sakutin)
PARIS: An Air France plane flying from Paris to the Norwegian city of Stavanger had to turn back mid-way on Tuesday (Dec 30) after the captain fell ill, an airport source said.
Flight AF1746 landed at Paris's Charles de Gaulle airport at 1910 GMT (3:10am, Singapore time), 37 minutes after take-off, an Air France spokeswoman said.
"There was a medical emergency on board and the crew decided to return to Paris," she said. "The captain felt a pain in his thorax and preferred not to continue the flight. The plane returned to Paris and the co-pilot handled the landing," an airport source added.
The source said the captain was attended to by medics immediately on arrival.
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