France B772 at Paris on Feb 9th 2018, dropped parts on departure

Last Update: February 9, 2018 / 23:10:14 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Feb 9, 2018

Classification
Incident

Airline
Air France

Flight number
AF-32

Aircraft Registration
F-GSPB

Aircraft Type
Boeing 777-200

ICAO Type Designator
B772

An Air France Boeing 777-200, registration F-GSPB performing flight AF-32 from Paris Orly (France) to New York JFK,NY (USA), departed Orly's runway 06, climbed to cruise level and was enroute at FL340 about 180nm west of Paris when the crew was informed pieces of carbon had been found on the departure runway. The crew decided to return to Paris advising ATC it was the right hand engine (GE90). The aircraft landed safely on Orly's runway 24 about 70 minutes after departure.

The flight was cancelled.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Feb 9, 2018

Classification
Incident

Airline
Air France

Flight number
AF-32

Aircraft Registration
F-GSPB

Aircraft Type
Boeing 777-200

ICAO Type Designator
B772

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