France B773 enroute on Nov 2nd 2024, MCP speed selector failed

Last Update: November 3, 2024 / 13:59:52 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Nov 2, 2024

Classification
Incident

Airline
Air France

Flight number
AF-470

Aircraft Registration
F-GSQX

Aircraft Type
Boeing 777-300

ICAO Type Designator
B773

An Air France Boeing 777-300, registration F-GSQX performing flight AF-470 from Paris Charles de Gaulle (France) to Mauritius (Mauritius) with 193 people on board, was enroute at FL310 over Croatia about 60nm east of Rijeka (Croatia) when the crew decided to return to Paris due to the failure of the control wheel for the airspeed on the Mode Control Panel (MCP). The aircraft landed safely back on Paris' runway 08L about 3.5 hours after departure.

The aircraft remained on the ground in Paris for about 2 hours, then departed again and reached Mauritius with a delay of about 5:45 hours.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Nov 2, 2024

Classification
Incident

Airline
Air France

Flight number
AF-470

Aircraft Registration
F-GSQX

Aircraft Type
Boeing 777-300

ICAO Type Designator
B773

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