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1st Jul 2012, 17:29
Incident: Air France A388 near Gothenburg on Jul 1st 2012, door problems
By Simon Hradecky, created Sunday, Jul 1st 2012 17:20Z, last updated Sunday, Jul 1st 2012 17:20ZAn Air France Airbus A380-800, registration F-HPJG performing flight AF-276 from Paris Charles de Gaulle (France) to Tokyo Narita (Japan), had just reached FL370 about 45nm eastnortheast of Gothenburg (Sweden) when the crew reported door problems and requested to descend to FL250. The aircraft dumped fuel over the Baltic Sea and set course to return to Paris where the aircraft is estimated to land in about 45 minutes about 5 hours after departure.
Sweden's Civil Aviation Authority said the crew reported door problems and requested to dump fuel over the Baltic Sea.Must be a serious issue.....
By Simon Hradecky, created Sunday, Jul 1st 2012 17:20Z, last updated Sunday, Jul 1st 2012 17:20ZAn Air France Airbus A380-800, registration F-HPJG performing flight AF-276 from Paris Charles de Gaulle (France) to Tokyo Narita (Japan), had just reached FL370 about 45nm eastnortheast of Gothenburg (Sweden) when the crew reported door problems and requested to descend to FL250. The aircraft dumped fuel over the Baltic Sea and set course to return to Paris where the aircraft is estimated to land in about 45 minutes about 5 hours after departure.
Sweden's Civil Aviation Authority said the crew reported door problems and requested to dump fuel over the Baltic Sea.Must be a serious issue.....