Dhaka, Feb. 10 -- An Air France Airbus A350-900, operating as Flight AF702 from Paris-Charles de Gaulle, inadvertently taxied into a restricted military area due to a navigation error at Felix Houphouet-Boigny International Airport in Abidjan on Tuesday, February 3.

Media reports said the flight touched down smoothly on Runway 03 at 19:27 local time. While taxiing toward the terminal, the crew mistakenly turned onto a ramp leading directly to the Abidjan Military Air Base, incapable of handling a wide-body aircraft like the A350.

With 283 passengers and 12 crew members on board, the A350 became immobilized on the narrow military taxiway. Ground crews had to deploy specialized towing equipment to move the jet to the civilian stand, causi...