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The pilot - who has not been named - later took off from Cardiff for the hour-long flight.

But he was refused landing at Charles de Gaulle Airport in Paris where visibility was down to 700 metres.

A Flybe spokeswoman said: 'The Flybe pilot is an experienced aviator with more than 30 years commercial aviation experience flying a number of different passenger aircraft types.

'He has relatively recently transferred his type-rating from a Bombardier Q300 to a Bombardier Q400.

'He has not yet completed the requisite low-visibility training to complete a landing in conditions such as the dense fog experienced in Paris Charles de Gaulle.

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