A Transavia flight operating from Paris to Toulon has declared an emergency is is currently returning to Paris after holding near Bourges.
Transavia flight TO7022, a Boeing 737-800 operating from Paris-Orly Airport (ORY) to Toulon Hyères Airport (TLN) declared a general emergency with squawk code 7700.
Transavia TO7022 Paris-Toulon
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Holding and Diversion
Having declared the emergency whilst in the cruise at FL260 (26,000 feet), flight TO7022 entered a holding pattern near Bourges; descending in the pattern to FL220 before making good a track to return to Paris.
The nature of the problem prompting the return this afternoon is not yet known.
Flight data shows that the flight made an on-time departure from Orly Airport this afternoon at 16:48 local time, before setting course normally and climbing to FL260 on the southerly regional route.
The flight declared the general emergency shortly thereafter, at approximately 16:00 UTC before entering a holding procedure.
Update 16:50 UTC
Having initiated the return to Paris-Orly, Transavia flight OR7022 is now on descent below 10,000 feet in the early stages of its return to ORY.
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Weather for the flight’s return this afternoon is Visual Meteorological Conditions (VFR), with broken cloud at 3,000 feet and visibility 10 kilometres or more. Duty runways are RWY24/25.
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Update 17:00 UTC
Flight OR7022 now established on finals RWY24/25, maintaining squawk code 7700 through the descent and return procedure.
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The aircraft conducting this afternoon’s regional service from ORY to Toulon TLS was a Boeing 737-800 registered F-HUYV; a 13-year old narrowbody aircraft belonging to the carrier Transavia.
With the flight now landed ORY, the nature of the issue remains unclear.
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