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B-777 airplane by Air France inverts its route for safety reasons

Houston, Usa - 228 passengers and 15 crewmembers on board

The captain of a B-777/200 airplane of Air France has decided half an hour after the take-off from "George Bush" Intercontinental Airport in Houston, Texas (Usa) to Paris, to invert its route and return on departure's airport for safety reasons. On board of airplane in the half of hour flight, a mobile has been discovered and its owner has not been identified. The pilot, thinking that it could be...

fra/pec - 1136753
Rome, Italy, 01/04/2012 18:48
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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