What is AFR84 doing? (15 Dec at 1319)

[Spartacan]

Currently watching Flight Radar24 track of AFR84 (having seen an unusual contrail over the Irish Sea):

Flightradar24.com - Live flight tracker! (http://www.flightradar24.com/AFR84/50be13e)

The B777 (en route CDG / SFO) turned back north of the Hebrides and is currently over the Isle of Man performing wide orbits over the Irish Sea at FL310 at cruising speed.

Something amiss?

[Spartacan]

I observed this through a pair of binoculars at about 1323 and there appeared to be an additional contrail just to the port of the aircraft/

Typhoon escort?

[AreOut]

heading back to paris it seems...somebody forgot to turn off the oven?!

[jlsmith]

AirFrance have tweeted that it has a minor tech problem and is heading back to Paris for the benefit of the passengers (praps to put them on another plane?)

[SpringHeeledJack]

Whatever it was it's on it's way back to Paris over South Coast at the moment
13.51pm

[AreOut]

"AirFrance have tweeted that it has a minor tech problem and is heading back to Paris for the benefit of the passengers (praps to put them on another plane?)"

why doing circles over IoM then?

[RHINO]

Dump fuel?

[AreOut]

could drop it over lamanche as well?!

[gorter]

Not safe to dump the chemtrail fluid over busy shipping lanes.

[OFSO]

and is heading back to Paris for the benefit of the passengers

Where anyone who disembarks and wishes to go anywhere by land will discover that all Paris taxi drivers are currently on strike. (Protest against Uber).

[OntimeexceptACARS]

AA135 LHR-LAX turned back halfway to Iceland, squawking 7700, locals expected Glasgow arrival but overflew at FL260.

[HEATHROW DIRECTOR]

<<Not safe to dump the chemtrail fluid over busy shipping lanes.>>

Interesting, considering that instructions to Air Traffic Controllers state that fuel jettisoning should be carried out over the sea if at all possible!

[Skyjob]

Designated areas over the sea perhaps?

[Gemini Twin]

Heathrow Director. gorter was talking about the chemtrail fluids.

[gorter]

I fear I may have said too much. Jim Bob's florists van has been parked outside my house for a few hours now.

[KelvinD]

Air France say the return was due to an air conditioning failure.

[zonoma]

Dumping where possible should take place over the sea, preferably above 10000ft, however at least above 7000ft in winter and 4000ft in summer......