Air France B773 near Algiers on Jan 13th 2013, engine malfunction

Last Update: January 15, 2013 / 15:48:47 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Jan 13, 2013

Classification
Incident

Airline
Air France

Flight number
AF-702

Departure
Paris Charles de Gaulle, France

Destination
Abidjan (Cote d'Ivoire)

Aircraft Registration
F-GSQM

Aircraft Type
Boeing 777-300

ICAO Type Designator
B773

An Air France Boeing 777-300, registration F-GSQM performing flight AF-702 from Paris Charles de Gaulle (France) to Abidjan (Cote d'Ivoire), was enroute at FL330 about 65nm westsouthwest of Algiers (Algeria) when the crew decided to turn around, climbed the aircraft to FL340, dumped fuel over the Mediterranean Sea and diverted to Toulouse (France) for a normal approach and safe landing about 70 minutes after turning around.

Passengers reported the aircraft was about to enter the Sahara region when the aircraft turned around, the crew announced an engine (GE90) malfunction required them to return to Paris. About 30 minutes later the crew made another announcement that the malfunction was more important that initially thought and made it impossible to return to Paris, they would now divert to Toulouse.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Jan 13, 2013

Classification
Incident

Airline
Air France

Flight number
AF-702

Departure
Paris Charles de Gaulle, France

Destination
Abidjan (Cote d'Ivoire)

Aircraft Registration
F-GSQM

Aircraft Type
Boeing 777-300

ICAO Type Designator
B773

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