AF 346 turning back to CDG this evening?

Comhrá · 19-01-2012 8:04pm #1

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kub · 19-01-2012 8:14pm

I wonder why? Surely if it was an emergency then Shannons runway is well able to handle it.

sparrowcar · 19-01-2012 8:19pm

Makes much more sense to head back to CDG with a tech fault. Maintenance and company engineers there and possible spare aircraft rather than landing in SNN.

Comhrá · 19-01-2012 8:20pm

Maybe a relatively non-urgent technical issue. If it's not too urgent, the crew would prefer return to home base, I presume.

kub · 19-01-2012 8:24pm

I suppose though if they were looking for some crack they would have come to SNN.
But if they have their own then its CDG

Cessna_Pilot · 19-01-2012 8:32pm

Squawking 7700 so something must be up.

urajoke · 19-01-2012 9:32pm

Cessna_Pilot wrote: »

Squawking 7700 so something must be up.

The UK and others insist on you squawking 7700 for any emergency even technical as it highlights the aircraft to ALL sectors and aids co-ordination between sectors and helps smooth the ways. There tends to be a lot going on and it saves a few seconds if the next sector picks up your call immediately rather than blanking you for a few seconds. Not normally insisted on in Ireland due to the reduced number of sectors.

Cessna_Pilot · 19-01-2012 10:10pm

urajoke wrote: »

The UK and others insist on you squawking 7700 for any emergency even technical as it highlights the aircraft to ALL sectors and aids co-ordination between sectors and helps smooth the ways. There tends to be a lot going on and it saves a few seconds if the next sector picks up your call immediately rather than blanking you for a few seconds. Not normally insisted on in Ireland due to the reduced number of sectors.

I'm well aware of the reasons for 7700

urajoke · 19-01-2012 10:40pm

Cessna_Pilot wrote: »

Squawking 7700 so something must be up.

I can only work with the information I'm provided with

I'm well aware of the reasons for 7700

drdeadlift · 19-01-2012 11:57pm

why is the pic on the right side of the panel an A380,i suppose the sites aren't always right

Comhrá · 20-01-2012 12:25am

As far as I understand the aircraft in question was an A380 reg. F-HPJA.

phonypony · 20-01-2012 12:31am

http://www.avherald.com/h?article=4498975f&opt=0

'crew declared PAN due to smoke in the cabin..'

kub · 20-01-2012 9:46am

Must have been something as simple as an fault with an electrical appliance which surely must have been disconnected.

Smoke in planes......remember the KLM 747-4 which has a similar problem, they felt they did not even have time to route to SNN and landed in ORK.....making it the biggest plane to ever land there.

vicwatson · 20-01-2012 4:42pm

while initially heading towards Ireland decided to return to Paris Charles de Gaulle where the aircraft landed safely on Charles de Gaulle Airport's runway 26R about 2.5 hours after turning around.

Aviation Herald

Must not have been that big a deal if they didn't bother with Ireland after and could take the bus back to CDG

AF 346 turning back to CDG this evening?

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