Earlier this week, an Air France Boeing 777 bound for Paris u-turned back to Tokyo due to an oxygen issue onboard the aircraft.
Information has been released regarding this incident, as we will get into in this article.
Without further ado, let’s get into it…
Air France AF293 Tokyo to Paris…
Air France flight AF293 is a routine scheduled flight between Tokyo Haneda and Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport.
The aircraft involved in this incident is registered as F-GSQV.
As per data from Planespotters.net, F-GSQV is a 17.0 year old Boeing 777-300ER that was delivered to the airline in May 2007.
Of the 777-300ER variant, Air France has 43 of them in the fleet.
Furthermore, of that 43, all but five are in active service, offering an average fleet age of 15.7 years.
Air France flight AF293 departed Tokyo Haneda at 2222 local time on May 13 and initially tracked west to Paris CDG.
Over Beijing, the aircraft made a swift u-turn back east and descended from FL310 to 14,000 feet.
It remained at that altitude until it’s arrival back into Haneda, where it did so after over seven hours in the air.
Reporting from The Aviation Herald reports that this was due to a leak in the cockpit oxygen systems.
This would have been very detrimental to the pilots onboard if the leak got worse.
Quick Fix Reduced Delays Significantly…
F-GSQV remained grounded for the rest of the day following the issue onboard, as per RadarBox.
The Air France Boeing 777 was fixed over the course of May 14, and was able to return to service on May 15.
It successfully operated the AF279 rotation back to Paris, and has been back in proper commercial service since.
For now, no other issues have been reported with the aircraft at this present moment.
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