@DaveReidUK, no doubt, Troadec was refering to this particular airframe. It looks like just another leak of maintenance data, if that's true (they don't have the specific data and and can't say what emergency caused landings).
I'm watching the interview, JP Troadec was simply questioned during the News about this information revealed by the "News staff of France 3"; he commented that he wasn't aware of that, and cautiously said that the investigators would take that into account for their inquiry but needed much more detail about it. So, Troadec, former head of BEA (the man leading AF447 investigation) is obviously not at the origin of the leak.
http://www.francetvinfo.fr/monde/eur...h_1479713.html