An Air France flight was forced to turn back to Manchester Airport soon after take off.
The flight was travelling to Paris Charles de Gaulle airport this morning (Friday) when the pilot made the decision to turn back due to a "technical incident." The airline said in a statement that the decision was made due to the smell of smoke in the cockpit and in the cabin of flight AF1269.
The plane landed safely back at Manchester Airport at around 7.30am, the MEN reports.
