Air France: On flight from Geneva – pilots fight in the cockpit
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AirFranceOn flight from Geneva – pilots fight in the cockpit
Only through the intervention of other members of the cabin crew could the pilots be separated. According to Air France, the flight from Geneva to Paris was not affected.
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An incident occurred on an Air France flight from Geneva to Paris.
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The pilots fight a fistfight in the cockpit.
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The pilots were suspended.
Two Air France pilots have been suspended after a physical altercation in the cockpit, as the French «La Tribune» reported. The two pilots exchanged blows aboard the Airbus 320 en route from Geneva to Paris. The two are said to have grabbed each other’s collars after one slapped the other.
Air France is accused of “lack of safety culture”.
Other cabin crew members should have intervened to separate the two after hearing the noise. A crew member should have stayed in the cockpit until the flight had landed safely. According to the airline However, the incident did not affect flight safety.
According to the «Tribune de Geneve» must have happened in June, the two pilots have now been suspended. Just on Tuesday, a report by the French aviation investigation authority found that the airline lacked a strict safety culture Bloomberg reported. The airline is responding by pledging to improve a security check and post-flight analysis.
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