France A318 at Paris on Jan 21st 2022, engine shut down in flight

Last Update: January 22, 2022 / 20:58:31 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Jan 21, 2022

Classification
Incident

Airline
Air France

Flight number
AF-7470

Aircraft Registration
F-GUGP

Aircraft Type
Airbus A318

ICAO Type Designator
A318

An Air France Airbus A318-100, registration F-GUGP performing flight AF-7470 from Paris Orly to Perpignan (France) with 50 people on board, was climbing out of Orly's runway 24 when the crew stopped the climb at about 3000 feet after the right hand engine emitted bangs and multiple streaks of flame. The engine was shut down, the aircraft returned to Paris Orly for a safe landing on runway 25 about 17 minutes after departure.

The passengers were rebooked onto flights the following day.

The aircraft is still on the ground in Paris about 24 hours after landing back.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Jan 21, 2022

Classification
Incident

Airline
Air France

Flight number
AF-7470

Aircraft Registration
F-GUGP

Aircraft Type
Airbus A318

ICAO Type Designator
A318

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