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Boulogne: emergency landing of an Air France flight

Boulogne, Italy - Because of landing gear problems

The pilot of an Air France Venice-Paris flight, because of presumed hydraulic problems in a landing gear, decided to turn back to Venice’s "Marco Polo" air station this morning shortly after lift-off, which happened around 8 am, but it was redirected to "Guglielmo Marconi" Airport in Boulogne because of foggy weather. The situation had created a pre-alarm state, but the emergency landing was made w...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 146652
Rome, Italy, 08/08/2006 17:14
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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