Mumbai-bound Air France flight makes emergency landing in Iran

Mumbai-bound Air France flight makes emergency landing in Iran
Iran's state-run IRNA news agency said local authorities are providing services to passengers, all of whom were in good health.

Tehran: A plane flown by a subsidiary of Air France heading from Paris to Mumbai has made an emergency landing in central Iran.

The Airbus A340 flown by the low-cost carrier Joon landed in the city of Isfahan on Wednesday.

Joon said in a statement the plane, operating as flight number AF218, landed out of precaution over a malfunctioning ventilation circuit.

Iran's state-run IRNA news agency said local authorities are providing services to passengers, all of whom were in good health.

It wasn't immediately clear when the flight would take off.

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