Source: www.avherald.com

An Joon Airbus A340-300 on behalf of Air France, registration F-GLZN performing flight AF-218 from Paris Charles de Gaulle (France) to Mumbai (India) with 237 people on board, was enroute at FL350 about 40nm eastnortheast of Kuwait City (Kuwait) when the crew donned their oxygen masks and declared emergency reporting they had a lot of smoke in the cabin. The crew requested runway 33R at Kuwait and full emergency services present at the runway. Kuwait Airport sent all other arrivals into holding patterns. The aircraft landed on runway 33R about 16 minutes later and stopped on the runway. While emergency services were examining the aircraft, the flight crew reported the smoke had dissipated, temperatures on board were okay, and they were ready to taxi. The aircraft vacated the runway and taxied to the apron. A flight in the holdings, the crew of which were already considering to divert with some urgency, decided to continue for Kuwait. The remainder of the flight was cancelled. The occurrence aircraft remained on the ground for about 24 hours, then departed Kuwait for Paris as flight AF-7676.