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Air France faces new safety probe after freighter scare
Published Tue, Jun 2, 2015 · 09:50 PM
Paris
AIR France faces its second safety investigation in as many weeks after pilots were forced to recover in mid-takeoff after entering the wrong data into the computer of a cargo jet, airline and safety officials said.
The mistake over the plane's weight was discovered when the Boeing 777 freighter accelerated too slowly on the runway at Paris Charles de Gaulle airport on May 22.
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