Incidents have been recorded at the airline. During these incidents, safety regulations were partly ignored by crews. However, the Bureau of Investigation and Analysis and Air France assure that they have taken into account all of its recommendations in the near future.

The Bureau of Investigation and Analysis report published on Tuesday, August 23, is based on examples. For example, during the fuel leak detected at cruise altitude on a flight between Brazzaville (Congo) and Paris, the crew allegedly diverted the aircraft to N'Djamena airport (Chad) but without shutting down the engine on the leak side, as provided for in the S& procedure high; safety. The BEA therefore highlights a “Reduction in the flight safety margin”, which has “created a significant fire risk and caused a significant reduction in the flight safety margin, the fire having been avoided by chance” at the believe in it.

According to the report, an Airbus A318 was also registered on September 12, 2020, which “avoided operational procedures in order to achieve a rapid arrival in Track to Paris-Orly” at the risk of not having time to react in case of unforeseen events.