Air France B773 near Algiers on Jan 13th 2013, engine malfunction
Last Update: January 15, 2013 / 15:48:47 GMT/Zulu time
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
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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