Created Tuesday, Jan 13th 2026 13:01Z, last updated Tuesday, Jan 13th 2026 13:01Z
An Air France Boeing 777-200, registration F-GSPI performing flight
AF-191 from Bangalore (India) to Paris Charles de Gaulle (France), was enroute at FL360 about 90nm southeast of Ashgabat (Turkmenistan) when one of the engines (GE90) developed a fault prompting the crew to shut the engine down. The aircraft drifted down to FL210 and diverted to Ashgabat for a safe landing on runway 11L about 50 minutes after leaving FL360.
A replacement Boeing 777-200 registration F-GSPQ has been dispatched from Paris Charles de Gaulle to Ashgabat on Jan 13th and is estimated to continue the flight the next day (Jan 14th).
Passengers reported their flight was delayed by about 10 hours until it departed Bangalore. After landing in Ashgabat they were told they would continue on Jan 14th 2026 at 13:00L or perhaps after 21:30L on Jan 13th on a replacement aircraft after one of the engines failed in flight. After several hours remaining in the aircraft after landing they were finally able to disembark and were taken to hotels.
The occurrence aircraft is still on the ground in Ashgabat about 14 hours after landing.
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