Air France Boeing 7879 Image: Alan Wilson / CC BYSA 2.0, via Wikimedia
An Air France Boeing 7879 has had to return to the airport of departure twice after suffering hydraulic failure during a passenger flight. The incident was recorded last Friday (10).
The first occurrence occurred when the aircraft, registered under registration FHRBA, flew AF864 from Paris to Cape Town, according to The Aviation Herald. After taking off from Charles de Gaulle Airport, the plane experienced hydraulic problems during the climb, which prompted the pilots to abort the climb at an altitude of 22,000 feet (6.71 km) at a location about 240 kilometers south of Paris.
As seen in the image below, after 1 hour and 36 minutes of flight, the aircraft returned to the airport of origin where it landed uneventfully. A replacement Boeing 7879, registration FHRBF, left Paris around 11 hours later and arrived in Cape Town with a delay of 12:20 hours.
Image: RadarBox
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The jet was grounded for about 30 hours and was restarted last Saturday (11th) when it took off from Paris on flight AF268, this time bound for Male in the Maldives.
Hydraulic problems recurred after takeoff, prompting the crew to abort the climb at an altitude of 27,000 feet (8.23 km). Faced with the anomaly, the pilots returned to the airport of origin and landed after 1 hour and 55 minutes flight time.
Data from the RadarBox platform illustrates the trajectory of the aircraft involved in the incident. As can be seen below, the pilots made a few stop circuits between Metz and Nancy, which are still in France. The plane has since remained grounded with no plans for new flights.
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