Air France B772 near Philadelphia on Dec 11th 2014, problems with air conditioning

Last Update: December 18, 2014 / 23:29:38 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Dec 11, 2014

Classification
Incident

Airline
Air France

Flight number
AF-681

Aircraft Registration
F-GSPF

Aircraft Type
Boeing 777-200

ICAO Type Designator
B772

An Air France Boeing 777-200, registration F-GSPF performing flight AF-681 from Atlanta,GA (USA) to Paris Charles de Gaulle (France), was enroute at FL350 about 90nm south of Philadelphia,PA (USA) when the crew decided to return to Atlanta due to a problem with one of the air conditioning systems. The aircraft landed safely back in Atlanta about 90 minutes after turning around.

The aircraft departed again after about 90 minutes on the ground and reached Paris as flight AF-4085 with a delay of about 4.5 hours.

A passenger reported the crew announced they were having a problem with the air conditioning and cabin pressure. Maintenance fixed the problem within 30 minutes after landing in Atlanta.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Dec 11, 2014

Classification
Incident

Airline
Air France

Flight number
AF-681

Aircraft Registration
F-GSPF

Aircraft Type
Boeing 777-200

ICAO Type Designator
B772

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