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Passengers aboard Air France Flight AF116 to Shanghai were left stranded in Siberia for a day after their plane was forced to make an emergency landing.
"The crew of AF116 has a Boeing 777 from Paris to Shanghai decided to go to Irkutsk in Russia after an acrid smell and light smoke appeared on board," the French carrier told Agence France-Presse. The plane landed safely, with no one on board hurt.
When engineers were quickly fixed, a second flight was launched by the United States.
It arrived the next day without a hitch – the passengers had a long time to stay away from it, prolonging the frustrations of the travelers.
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Two freezing days later, a third plane finally arrived, departing for Shanghai with no trouble.
What should have been an 11-hour flight ending up close to four days.
Air France apologized to the affected passengers in a statement, blaming the chaos on an "exceptional situation."
