AF470 - Incident: France B773 enroute on Nov 2nd 2024
Created Sunday, Nov 3rd 2024 13:59Z, last updated Sunday, Nov 3rd 2024 13:59Z
An Air France Boeing 777-300, registration F-GSQX performing flight AF-470 from Paris Charles de Gaulle (France) to Mauritius (Mauritius) with 193 people on board, was enroute at FL310 over Croatia about 60nm east of Rijeka (Croatia) when the crew decided to return to Paris due to the failure of the control wheel for the airspeed on the Mode Control Panel (MCP). The aircraft landed safely back on Paris' runway 08L about 3.5 hours after departure.
The aircraft remained on the ground in Paris for about 2 hours, then departed again and reached Mauritius with a delay of about 5:45 hours.
Source: The Aviation Herald