Offbeat | Air France declares emergency as flight returns to CDG for missing passenger

An Air France flight departing for Johannesburg returned to Paris Charles de Gaulle airport due to a “missing passenger” whose checked baggage was on board, Air France confirmed to Xinhua yesterday.
Air France flight 990, which left Charles de Gaulle Airport at around 10 a.m. local time (0800 GMT) this morning, turned around shortly after takeoff when it was over southern France and returned to Paris, declaring an “emergency”. The plane landed at Charles de Gaulle around 11:30 a.m. local time for verifications.
According to Air France’s Twitter account, AF 990 headed “back to CDG for checks linked to matching the passengers list and a loaded bag, in line with the precautionary principle”.
“The verifications are ongoing and there is no problem for now, “ said Air France’s media relations department, adding that the plane would re-depart.
“There is a passenger connecting from London who missed his correspondence while his luggage was already checked in from London,” Air France explained. Xinhua