Created Thursday, Jun 15th 2023 19:56Z, last updated Thursday, Jun 15th 2023 19:56Z
An Air France Airbus A350-900, registration F-HTYO performing flight
AF-291 from Osaka (Japan) to Paris Charles de Gaulle (France), was enroute at FL350 about 430nm eastnortheast of Osaka over the Pacific Ocean when the crew decided to return to Osaka due to multiple system failures. The aircraft descended to FL200 for the return and landed safely back on Osaka's runway 24R about 2:10 hours after leaving FL350.
The French BEA opened an investigation into the occurrence rated a serious incident and reported: "Thirty minutes after takeoff, a radome failure leads to multiple flight systems failures. The crew declares itself in MAYDAY and returns to the departure aerodrome."
The aircraft returned to service on Jun 9th 2023.
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