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New Boeing 737-800 Needs Electrical Work


Pictured: Air Austral F-ONGA. F-ONGB is the plane that had the electrical problem.
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Contact photographer Mickael Payet

What: Air Austral Boeing 737-800 from Saint Denis to Johannesburg
Where: Saint Denis
When: Feb 27th 2011
Why: After take-off from Saint Denis, the plane developed an electrical problem and had to return to the airport. An alternative plane was flown in to make the replacement flight.

Air Austral Boeing was delivered in December 2010.

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