In the last few moments, an Air France Airbus A330 from Paris to Ottawa has declared an emergency and is turning back to the French capital.
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F-GZCG is the Airbus A330 operating this flight.
Updates: Air France Airbus A330 to Ottawa Declares Emergency…
This is a developing story. Updates below.
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UPDATE #1 @ 1332 UK time – Air France flight AF328 is currently to the south of Plymouth with a return to Paris CDG heavily on the cards at this moment in time.
UPDATE #2 @ 1333 UK time – As per Planespotters, F-GZCG, the Airbus A330 operating this flight, is a 21.0 year old airframe, and was delivered to the airline back in December 2002.
UPDATE #3 @ 1335 UK time – At this time, it is still unclear what the reason for the emergency is and why AF328 is not continuing on to Ottawa.
UPDATE #4 @ 1338 UK time – AF328 seen flying over the Channel Islands as it approaches the French coast, as they continue on to CDG.
UPDATE #5 @ 1340 UK time – What we know so far is that AF328 departed from CDG at 1322 local time today, and when they got to the Penzance area, the aircraft turned around and squawked the 7700 code.
UPDATE #6 @ 1342 UK time – AF328 has started its descent into Paris CDG.
UPDATE #7 @ 1347 UK time – AF328 is currently descending through FL290 to the north of Caen. Quite the slow and progressive descent so far.
UPDATE #8 @ 1351 UK time – At this stage, it is unclear whether any holding to burn fuel will be necessary or not.
UPDATE #9 @ 1358 UK time – AF328 is passing through FL100-110 as the Airbus A330 gets closer to Paris CDG.
UPDATE #10 @ 1401 UK time – AF328 descends through 8,000 as it gets ready to use the Easterlies at Paris CDG.
UPDATE #11 @ 1403 UK time – AF328 on the base leg.
UPDATE #11 @ 1406 UK time – Air France flight AF328 is back on final into Paris CDG following its emergency broadcast over the Penzance area causing the flight to Ottawa to turn around.
UPDATE #12 @ 1411 UK time – TOUCHDOWN! After nearly two hours in the air, AF328 has appeared to have safely touched down back into CDG following its emergency broadcast over Penzance around 40-45 minutes ago. Standby for the reasoning as we get it.
UPDATE #13 @ 1507 UK time – AirLive reporting that the cause of the emergency was an electrical issue onboard the aircraft.
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