Emergency response crews raced to LF Wade International Airport today after an overflying Air France flight experienced an electrical issue on board.

At 4.41pm, Air France flight 178 was en route to Aeropuerto Internacional Benito Juárez in Mexico from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport in France when the pilot diverted to Bermuda for an emergency landing.

Lester Nelson, the chief executive of the Bermuda Airport Authority, said: “The diversion was due to the pilot’s report of a suspicious odour in the cabin, believed to be electrical, and the aircraft landed safely at the LF Wade International Airport, with the airport’s airport fire department on standby.”

He said the carrier was co-ordinating with its airline partners in Bermuda to transport passengers to their destination.

The emergency resulted in other fire trucks on the island racing to the airport to provide support to teams on the airside.

According to Flightaware.com, the flight took off at 6.45pm and continued on its journey to Mexico.