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| Date: | Thursday 20 November 2025 |
| Time: | 23:20 |
| Type: |  Airbus A350-941 |
| Owner/operator: | Air France |
| Registration: | F-HTYT |
| MSN: | 578 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2022 |
| Engine model: | Rolls-Royce Trent XWB-84 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Unknown |
| Location: | E of Buenos Aires, BA -
 Argentina
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Buenos Aires/Ezeiza-Ministro Pistarini Airport, BA (EZE/SAEZ) |
| Paris-Charles de Gaulle Airport (CDG/LFPG) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Air France flight AF411, an Airbus A350-941, experienced a "strange smell" and smoke in the cabin after departure from EZE.
The flight stopped the climb at FL170 and returned to EZE, were it landed safely, 36 minutes after takeoff.
Sources:
https://tn.com.ar/sociedad/2025/11/21/un-avion-despego-con-destino-a-paris-volo-48-minutos-y-tuvo-que-regresar-a-ezeiza-por-una-emergencia/
https://www.lmneuquen.com/pais/humo-el-avion-un-vuelo-tuvo-que-volver-urgencia-al-aeropuerto-una-hora-del-despegue-n1218606
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 4 April 2025 | F-HTYT | Air France | 0 | Buenos Aires/Ezeiza-Ministro Pistarini Airport, BA (EZE/SAEZ) | |
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| Bird strike | ||||||
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 23-Nov-2025 07:38 | ASN | Added |
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