AirFrance: atterraggio d'emergenza a Boston
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Air France plane makes emergency landing in Boston
(AP) – 8 hours ago
BOSTON — An Air France flight out of Boston heading to Paris returned to make an early morning emergency landing 31 minutes after taking off.
Phil Orlandella, a spokesman for the Massachusetts Port Authority, said Wednesday that Flight 321 left Logan International Airport with 125 people on board at 1:16 a.m. Wednesday. Shortly afterward, a warning light flashed for one of its engines.
Orlandella said pilots shut down the engine and returned to the airport. The Airbus 340 landed back at Logan at 1:47 a.m. No injuries were reported.
Air France spokeswoman Karen Gillo said there was no engine fire.
Passengers were booked hotel rooms for the night and scheduled to leave to Paris on another flight later Wednesday.
(AP) – 8 hours ago
BOSTON — An Air France flight out of Boston heading to Paris returned to make an early morning emergency landing 31 minutes after taking off.
Phil Orlandella, a spokesman for the Massachusetts Port Authority, said Wednesday that Flight 321 left Logan International Airport with 125 people on board at 1:16 a.m. Wednesday. Shortly afterward, a warning light flashed for one of its engines.
Orlandella said pilots shut down the engine and returned to the airport. The Airbus 340 landed back at Logan at 1:47 a.m. No injuries were reported.
Air France spokeswoman Karen Gillo said there was no engine fire.
Passengers were booked hotel rooms for the night and scheduled to leave to Paris on another flight later Wednesday.
Incident: Air France A343 at Boston on Jul 22nd 2009, engine fire alert
By Simon Hradecky, created Wednesday, Jul 22nd 2009 12:42Z, last updated Wednesday, Jul 22nd 2009 12:46Z
An Air France Airbus A340-300, registration F-GLZI performing flight AF-321 from Boston,MA (USA) to Paris Charles de Gaulle (France) with 125 people on board, had just switched to Boston Departure about one minute after takeoff from runway 15R, when the crew declared Mayday and reported a number 4 engine fire (outer right hand engine CFM56). The crew shut the engine down, managed to extinguish the fire indication, dumped fuel and returned to Boston, where the airplane landed safely on runway 04R about 25 minutes after takeoff, stopped on the runway for a quick check by fire engines and taxied to the gate requesting emergency vehicles to remain on standby at the gate due to hot brakes.
http://flightaware.com/live/flight/AFR321/history/20090722/0302Z/KBOS/LFPG
By Simon Hradecky, created Wednesday, Jul 22nd 2009 12:42Z, last updated Wednesday, Jul 22nd 2009 12:46Z
An Air France Airbus A340-300, registration F-GLZI performing flight AF-321 from Boston,MA (USA) to Paris Charles de Gaulle (France) with 125 people on board, had just switched to Boston Departure about one minute after takeoff from runway 15R, when the crew declared Mayday and reported a number 4 engine fire (outer right hand engine CFM56). The crew shut the engine down, managed to extinguish the fire indication, dumped fuel and returned to Boston, where the airplane landed safely on runway 04R about 25 minutes after takeoff, stopped on the runway for a quick check by fire engines and taxied to the gate requesting emergency vehicles to remain on standby at the gate due to hot brakes.
http://flightaware.com/live/flight/AFR321/history/20090722/0302Z/KBOS/LFPG