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Airbus A-380 forced to land back in New York for a computer failure

New York, USA - The occurrence just a few days after the inauguration of the route

An Air France Airbus A-380/800 was forced on Friday to land back at New York-"JFK" airport shortly after take off, due to a failure with the automatic pilot that the pilots didn't manage to solve. On board of flight AF-7 to Paris there were about 530 people. The occurrence, which happened just a few days after the launch of the route, was announced today to "AFP" by an Air France officer. "The plane...

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Rome, Italy, 11/30/2009 17:09
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