France A332 near Ouagadougou on May 25th 2016, engine rolled back in flight
Last Update: June 4, 2016 / 19:55:20 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
May 25, 2016
Classification
Incident
Airline
Air France
Flight number
AF-524
Departure
Paris Charles de Gaulle, France
Destination
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
Aircraft Registration
F-GZCI
Aircraft Type
Airbus A330-200
ICAO Type Designator
A332
The occurrence aircraft was unable to continue for its next sector to Abidjan (Cote d'Ivoire), last sector of the flight was planned from Abidjan back to Paris.
The aircraft remained on the ground for 27 hours, skipped the sector to Abidjan and returned to Paris directly reaching Paris with a delay of 20.5 hours. The aircraft remained on the ground in Paris for about 18 hours before resuming service.
Incident Facts
Date of incident
May 25, 2016
Classification
Incident
Airline
Air France
Flight number
AF-524
Departure
Paris Charles de Gaulle, France
Destination
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
Aircraft Registration
F-GZCI
Aircraft Type
Airbus A330-200
ICAO Type Designator
A332
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