Another Air France`s Incident.
 

Flight status Information last updated at 4:08 AM Paris time
All times shown are local times
AF471
Flight left from Caracas (CCS) at 7:00 PM Wed, Apr 13, 11
Returns from Paris (CDG) at 3:07 AM Thu, Apr 14, 11
Scheduled departure from Caracas (CCS) at 9:01 PM, Wed, Apr 13, 11
Scheduled arrival in Paris (CDG) at 12:51 PM, Thu, Apr 14, 11
Departure Arrival
Scheduled
Caracas, Simon Bolivar (CCS) - Venezuela
6:40 PM on April 13,2011
Paris, Charles de Gaulle (CDG) - France
terminal 2F
10:30 AM on April 14,2011
Comments
Due to a technical incident, flight AF471 has returned to Caracas

Probably happens many times a day all over the world. Hardly newsworthy.

I'm waiting for the Daily Mail, The Sun, The Mirror, Daily Star, etc. to come up with some claptrap saying that because there has been AF447, the JFK incident and now this technical problem, AF are suddenly the most unsafe airline :ugh:

Hydraulic problem. Crew could not fully retract the landing gear after departure from Caracas. The airplane entered a holding to troubleshoot the problem, after about 25 minutes the crew declared emergency however the aircraft burned off fuel before landing safely at Caracas almost 3 hours after departure.