A major airline has suspended flights over the Red Sea after the crew of an aircraft saw a “luminous object at high altitude” as the plane passed near Sudan.
Flight tracking data shows Air France flight 934 from Paris to Madagascar declared an emergency today (Sunday) “due to a technical issue” and returned to Paris after changing course over the Red Sea.
According to flight data site AirLive the Air France “confirms that, as a precautionary measure, it has decided to suspend overflight of the Red Sea area until further notice.
“This decision follows the suspicion of a crew observing a luminous object at high altitude in the Sudan area.”
Madagascan politician Siteny Randrianasoloniaiko was on board the aircraft which turned around. He posted a status on Facebook saying a “missile” had missed a flight ahead of his.
He said: “The news about the Air France flight is correct, because I am on the flight. A Missile passed by a plane in front of us but it wasn’t shot , that’s the reason for returning to France.
“There was a missile plane in the air of Sudan today.”
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