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AF929 - Incident: France A332 near Paris on Sep 25th 2020

Created Friday, Oct 2nd 2020 21:57Z, last updated Friday, Oct 2nd 2020 21:57Z

Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport
File photo: Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport.

An Air France Airbus A330-200, registration F-GZCG performing flight AF-929 from Luanda (Angola) to Paris Charles de Gaulle (France), was enroute at FL380 about 140nm southsoutheast of Paris when the crew initiated an early descent advising ATC they were having a pressurization leak resulting in a gradual loss of cabin pressure. The aircraft descended to FL080 levelling off at FL080 about 70nm southeast of Paris about 10 minutes later. The aircraft landed safely on Charles de Gaulle's runway 26R about 35 minutes after leaving FL380.

The occurrence aircraft returned to service a week later on Oct 2nd 2020.

Source: The Aviation Herald

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