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Air France Plane Diverts to Montreal

Air FranceAir France flight AF054 had to make an emergency landing at Trudeau Airport in Montreal, Canada, at around 4 p.m. on January 1, 2014.

The flight, en-route from Paris to Washington D.C., was diverted after smoke was detected in the business class cabin.

The Boeing 777-300, carrying 152 passengers and 17 crew members, landed safely and no one aboard was harmed.

The airline confirmed the incident saying that the emergency landing was due to a “minor technical problem”.

The plane was later able to resume the flight.

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