Source: Simon Hradecky | www.avherald.com

An Air France Boeing 777-300, registration F-GZNG performing flight AF-792 from Paris Orly (France) to Pointe-a-Pitre (Guadeloupe), was enroute at FL340 over the Atlantic about 330nm west of Lajes, Azores Islands (Portugal) when the crew declared emergency and decided to turn around and divert to Lajes reporting a burning odour on board. The aircraft landed safely on Lajes’ runway 15 about 80 minutes after the decision to divert and taxied to the apron, where the passengers disembarked normally.

A replacement Boeing 777-300 registration F-GSQN positioned from Paris Charles de Gaulle (France) to Lajes, continued the flight and reached Pointe-a-Pitre with a delay of about 15 hours.

The occurrence aircraft departed Lajes after about 20 hours on the ground and returned to Paris Orly. The aircraft is still on the ground in Paris about 4 hours after landing.