c130airman said
320 was on its way home
The aircraft was not due to land back in france but was heading for Germany then Auckland for an Upgrade. To turn back to france meant it had a problem!
And you know that because .....
Apart from an early news item in a NZ newspaper, this has never been repeated. Are you saying that the second flight was bound for FRA? Surely this would have come out earlier as flight plans to that effect would have been filed??