Flight #AF470 departed Paris CDG Airport terminal 2E at 18:28 CEST for a 11 hours and 10 minutes flight to Port Louis, Mauritius.

The Boeing 777-300ER (registration F-GSQX) was over Croatia when the crew decided to turn around due to a technical issue.

After 3 hours into the flight, the crew declared an emergency (squawk 7700) and entered a hold between Paris and Lyon at 31,000 ft.

UPDATE 21:40 CEST
Flight #AF470 has started descent to Paris.

UPDATE 22:09 CEST
The Boeing 777 has landed runway 08L at Paris CDG.

UPDATE 22:11 CEST
The aircraft has vacated the runway, taxiing to the gate.

UPDATE 22:18 CEST

#AF470 returned to CDG following mode control panel speed selector failure.

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