Hop! AT72 at Paris on Mar 23rd 2017, fuel metering problem

Last Update: March 26, 2017 / 06:28:54 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Mar 23, 2017

Classification
Incident

Airline
Hop!

Flight number
AF-7478

Destination
Quimper, France

Aircraft Registration
F-HOPZ

Aircraft Type
ATR ATR-72-200

ICAO Type Designator
AT72

A Hop! Avions de Transport Regional ATR-72-212A on behalf of Air France, registration F-HOPZ performing flight AF-7478 from Paris Orly to Quimper (France) with 60 passengers and 4 crew, was climbing out of Orly's runway 24 when the crew decided to stop the climb at 7000 feet reporting a fuel metering issue and returned to Orly for a safe landing on runway 26 about 30 minutes after departure.

The occurrence aircraft remained on the ground for 22 hours before resuming service.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Mar 23, 2017

Classification
Incident

Airline
Hop!

Flight number
AF-7478

Destination
Quimper, France

Aircraft Registration
F-HOPZ

Aircraft Type
ATR ATR-72-200

ICAO Type Designator
AT72

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