Source: Simon Hradecky | www.avherald.com

An Air France Boeing 777-200, registration F-GSPA performing flight AF-852 from Paris Orly (France) to Cayenne (French Guiana) with 299 people on board, was enroute at FL350 about 530nm southwest of Lajes (Azores Islands, Portugal) when the crew decided to turn around due to a burning odour in the cabin and divert setting course towards the Canary Islands about 900nm southeast of their position. Over the Canary Islands the crew turned again to return to Paris. The aircraft landed safely on Charles de Gaulle’s runway 26L about 6 hours after the decision to turn around and about 10:15 hours after departure.

According to information The Aviation Herald received about 25% of the inflight entertainment video screens became inoperative and the IFE control panel became inoperative.