An Air France long haul flight from Paris to Toronto made an unscheduled diversion and return to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport yesterday, Sunday September 10.
Air France AF386 Paris – Toronto
Air France flight AF386, a Boeing 777-300ER operating a transatlantic flight between Paris Charles De Gaulle (CDG) and Toronto Pearson International Airport (YYZ), executed a diversion and precautionary return to Paris CDG as it prepared to negotiate the Atlantic crossing.
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Diversion and return to Paris
Data for the flight shows the Boeing 777 has established on the outbound north-westerly track to Toronto; climbing to FL320 (32,000 feet) before executing a diversion and return to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport.
The flight was approximately 200nm to the south west of Ireland when it carried out the diversion, did not declare a formal emergency. The nature of the problem warranting the return is not known at this point.
Air France flight AF386 made its departure from CDG after a slight delay yesterday evening; showing an actual time of departure of 19:24 local time against an scheduled depart time of 19:00.
The aircraft involved in yesterday’s flight was Boeing 777-300ER, registered F-GZNJ; a 12-year old widebody aircraft belonging to the French national flag carrier.
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