Air France flight diverted to Winnipeg for ‘operational reasons’

Air France flight diverted to Winnipeg for ‘operational reasons’

An Air France flight headed to Denver was diverted to Winnipeg Sunday morning.

Air France #AF480 is declaring an emergency and diverting

Air France flight from Paris to Lima has declared an emergency.Air France flight AF480 departed Paris CDG Airport at 15:18 CET for a 12 hours and 40 minutes flight to Lima.The flight operated by a Boeing 777-300ER (registration F-GSQR) climbed to 31,000 ft and flew for about one hour before the crew declared an emergency (squawk 7700) at 16:34 CET..The pilots contacted ATC about an issue on board, the aircraft turned around.UPDATE 16:45 CETThe f…