Budapest Airport said only Air France can provide information, but the airline’s Hungarian office could not immediately be reached.

An Index reader who was on the plane said all was normal until ten minutes before the scheduled departure time of 6:25 a.m.

The captain informed the passengers that a flight attendant had felt ill. Soon afterwards a second staff member also fell ill.

At that point the captain asked the passengers to disembark.

A spokesman said in a semi-official briefing one hour later that excess pressure had developed on the aircraft, affecting the two flight attendants.

The plane will return to Paris without passengers as only pilots can be on board if there is no cabin crew.

Source: Hungary Around the Clock

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Official press statement of Air France: AF 1695 BUD CDG 28 March 17:

Air France confirms that flight AF1695 on 28 March 2017 connecting Budapest to Paris CDG was cancelled following a medical problem of 2 cabin crew members.

The customers were taken care of by local staff. All customers were flown to their final destination either on board of Air France (4 daily flights) either on partner airlines.

Air France is currently investigating the cause of the medical problem which occurred after the deicing of the aircraft.

Air France Air France apologizes for this inconvenience and delay but states that the safety of its passengers and crew members is its main priority.