Two Air France B777-300ER planes grounded in two days
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http://www.crash-aerien.com/www/news...d=7193&check=0
Paris (France) - For the second time in two days, an Air France B777-300ER plane has had to canceled its flight, the first one was headed to La Réunion and made an emergency landing in Rome-Fiumicino airport, the second one to John F. Kennedy Airport in New York but didn't take off, due to engine problems.
The first flight, between Paris-Orly and La Réunion, a french island in Indian Ocean, was diverted and made an emergency landing less than two hours after take-off in Rome-Fiumicino (Italy) because a technical glitch on one of its engines. After that, an inspection was conducted by the french company to check every GE90-115B engine through the Boeing 777-300 fleet owned by Air France.
A non-confirmed information given by an anonymous source link this inspection to the cancellation of the second flight, AF8, between Roissy-Paris airport and JFK-New York. Something wrong would have been found and the technicians wouldn't take the risk to authorize the plane to fly in that condition.