An Air Austral Flight UU-978 took off from Paris Charles de Gaulle (France) towards its destination Dzaoudzi (France) on Dec 27, 2025.
The aircraft Boeing 787-8 with registration F-OLRB was enroute at FL350 about 100nm east of Naples (Italy) when the crew decided to divert to Naples reporting a burning odour on board. The aircraft landed safely on Naples’ runway 06 about 25 minutes later.
The aircraft is still on the ground in Naples about 17 hours after landing.
The airline reported a minor technical problem in the recirculation engine of a section of the cabin. The passengers were taken to hotels and are to continue the flight later the following day.
