Incident Airbus A330 F-....,
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Date:Friday 17 February 2012
Time:
Type:Airbus A330
Owner/operator:Air France
Registration: F-....
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 185
Aircraft damage: None
Location:En Route from Paris CDG to Sao Paulo/Brasil -   France
Phase: En route
Nature:Passenger - Scheduled
Departure airport:LFPG
Destination airport:SBGR
Confidence Rating: Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources
Narrative:
An Air France jet en route from Paris-Charles de Gaulle - LFPG to Sao Paulo-Guarulhos International Airport - SBGR was forced to return to Paris after the failure of the onboard extinguishing system. The plane spent another two hours ciceling over the airport dumping the extra fuel before it made a safe landing.
Nobody onboar was injured.

Sources:

[LINK NOT WORKING ANYMORE:http://aircre.ws/air-france-flight-aborted/]

Revision history:

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18-Feb-2012 01:24 Alpine Flight Added

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