Originally Posted by
Dropp the Pilot
A face-saving method for the crew and the airline.
After the aircraft arrived at the terminal It wouldn't have taken two minutes to download the FOQA and maintenance computer which will have shown there is nothing wrong with the airplane.
The aircraft in question is currently about an hour into an airtest CDG-CDG.
It may have nothing to do with the incident on its last flight, but on the other hand ...