Created Tuesday, Aug 20th 2024 00:28Z, last updated Tuesday, Aug 20th 2024 00:28Z
An Air Transat Airbus A330-200, registration C-GTSJ performing flight
TS-691 from Athens (Greece) to Montreal,QC (Canada) with 326 people on board, was enroute at FL320 about 170nm northwest of Athens when the crew received "AUTO FLT FM 1+2" fault messages on ECAM, declared PAN PAN and decided to return to Athens in manual control (hand control and no auto-thrust). The aircraft landed overweight but safety on Athens' runway 03L about 70 minutes after departure.
The Canadian TSB reported emergency services checked the brakes, then the aircraft taxied to the apron under its own power.
The aircraft remained on the ground for about 25 hours, then departed again and reached Montreal with a delay of about 27 hours.
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