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Air France B-777 emergency landing at Sao Paulo-Guarulhos airport

Rome, Italy - The cause of the accident has not been discovered yet

According to a press release issued by Air France and to the web site "Folha de San Paulo", a Boeing 777 aircraft of the French airline was forced to an emergency landing due to a yet non confirmed problem to the hydraulic system. The airplane landed following emergency procedures at Sao Paulo-Guarulhos airport, arriving from Paris. Rescue teams were deployed along the runway but their intervention...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 1112322
Rome, Italy, 12/09/2009 17:38
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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