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Air France 777 Bengaluru–Paris diverted to Ashgabat after engine fault; 15+ hour delay

An Air France Boeing 777 on flight AF191 from Bengaluru to Paris diverted to Ashgabat after a technical fault was detected in one engine. Passengers were delayed more than 15 hours — initially kept onboard due to Turkmenistan entry rules — while a replacement flight and hotel accommodation were arranged.

Discovered 2026-01-13T11:15:01.682022-08:00 | 2026-01-13T11:15:01.682022-08:00

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The diversion caused more than 15 hours of disruption and required a replacement rotation to repatriate customers, highlighting the operational and cost impact of long‑haul technical diversions. See prior examples of lengthy passenger delays and repatriation operations (source:812fc773-b00f-49d4-9a54-c07d8743f9c7).
Passengers and crew were initially held onboard because of strict entry rules in Turkmenistan, underlining how diplomatic and border constraints can complicate contingency handling and passenger care.
The incident is an in‑flight engine technical fault that will trigger maintenance, data review and regulator notification; it follows other recent in‑flight technical diversions that required unscheduled handling and investigations (source:36927b1e-8c9a-44b4-82bb-8d02a7e94cb2) and a prior Air France 777 diversion for overheating (source:b2283bae-2c8e-411f-86f7-2599e6ccabcb).

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