The French airline Air France confirmed on Sunday that it has decided to suspend its flights over the Red Sea “suspend until further notice the overflight of the Red Sea area”.” following a crew’s “suspected sighting” of “a luminous object at high altitude in the Sudan area”.
This information was provided by Air France’s account on the social network X after some profiles noted that airline planes were turning around or being modified on their connections between different points in Africa and Paris.
“As a precautionary measureAir France has decided to suspend flights over the Red Sea area until further notice. Consequently, the itinerary of some of its flights has been modified,” the French airline said.
“This decision was taken after the suspicion that a crew had observed a luminous object at high altitude in the Sudan area.“he added. Air France did not elaborate on hypotheses about the object, but noted that it “constantly monitors the evolution of the geopolitical situation in the territories it serves and flies over, in order to ensure the highest level of security“.