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Illustrative photo of an Air France Boeing 777, of which another model of the airline was the victim of a problem in the cabin forcing the aircraft to have an emergency change of destination.
INTERNATIONAL – Not one, but two more problems for the American manufacturer. In the midst of a storm after several incidents, Boeing was faced with two new complications on these planes on Tuesday and Wednesday, May 8. With the common point of having left Paris-Charles de Gaulle.
The first incident concerns a Boeing model 787-900 aircraft belonging to Air France. He was on a Paris-Seattle flight when he was forced to be diverted to a Canadian airport following “the appearance of a hot smell felt in the cabin”. The second hit a FedEx Boeing 767 freighter whose nose gear did not deploy when it landed in Istanbul. In both cases, more fear than harm, even if Boeing will once again have to review its copy.
“Smell of hot”
This Wednesday, Air France confirmed that its flight AF338 Paris-Seattle on Tuesday was diverted “towards Iqaluit airport (YFB), Canada, following the appearance of a hot smell felt in the cabin”. According to the airline’s press release, it was the crew who made this decision. taken in accordance with the manufacturer’s procedures, the company’s instructions and in application of the precautionary principle.
As a result, the Boeing landed normally in Iqaluit, northeast of Canada, shortly before 11 a.m. Tuesday morning. At this stage, “no anomaly” was detected on the aircraft by the Air France mechanic dispatched to the site. But the ” checks continue » specified an Air France spokesperson, who recalled that “ano reservations have been expressed regarding the fleets of Boeing 787 and 777 operated » by Air France after the numerous problems which concerned, among other things, 787 model aircraft “Dreamliner”.
As for the passengers of the diverted flight, they were transported to New York-JFK airport before being rerouted to Seattle ” as soon as possible “.
Landing on the nose
From the Istanbul side, the images are impressive. Because it was when a Boeing cargo ship landed on the runway of the Turkish airport that the pilots urgently informed the control tower of a problem with the deployment of the aircraft’s front landing gear.
When landing its nose gear, the plane tilted much more than expected, causing the nose of the aircraft to rub against the tarmac in an impressive manner. Warned in time by the crew, the airport teams were able to intervene as soon as the crash landed with the help of the rescue and firefighting teams, as recounted The Parisian.
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Without causing any casualties, the plane landed on a runway temporarily closed to air traffic to minimize the risk of a serious accident.
Examples of incidents that are really starting to pile up for Boeing. Three of the four commercial aircraft models currently manufactured by the American group are officially the subject of an investigation by the American Civil Aviation Regulatory Agency (FAA).
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