Old Fella I concur entirely. My curiosity was aroused as to why nearly 3 hours out from Paris, that was decided to be the best place to divert to. The likely reasons have been disclosed and I appreciate the answers to my questions.
My only reservation (call it irritation / frustration / whatever) as a pax would be that if I was on my way to Singapore from Paris and provided it was safe, I would rather end up nearer there (any thus having a shorter overall journey time) than back where I started 6 hours after I set off and with the prospect of being a minimum of a day late at my destination.
I note (from an earlier post) that a new Trent is being shipped from Singapore and presumably the aircraft is still tech in CDG so it was clearly nothing trivial. Any ideas what exactly ?
Last edited by Dave Gittins; 30th September 2009 at 04:32.