Near Catastrophe! The Air France Flight that Almost Crashed into a Mountain

An Air France B777-200 narrowly missed central Africa’s highest mountain in early May. Flight AF953 was travelling from Malabo, the capital of Equatorial Guinea, to Douala, Cameroon’s largest city and commercial capital, when it hit bad weather on 2 May. How did this happen?

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  • How did this happen?
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