incident aircraft A380 Air France yesterday

Airbus A380 aircraft Air France airline has interruption in the middle of flight. Machine number 4, or the machine to the right of the outer, suffered air disintegration in flight over the Atlantic Ocean on Saturday (yesterday)

The inlet portion (funnel / front cover) and the Air France A380 engine fan blades are released. The type of engine used in the incident aircraft A380 Air France is Engine Alliance GP7270. Photographs and videos of A380 engines that experience disintegration in the air was also widely circulated in social media.

Twitter account @theamadoor uploads a naked A380 engine video condition partially in the air, losing its front cover. Small cables were seen hanging and waving in the breeze.

A380-800 Air France registration F-HPJE AF66 flight number, flies serving Paris Charles de Gaulle (France) route to Los Angeles, Californis (USA).

The pilot then lowered the altitude to 31,000 feet and decided to divert the landing to the nearest airport, in the city of Goose Bay, Canada.

The Air France A380 aircraft then landed safely, two hours after the engine cover incident and the A380 fan was released.

Passengers are also able to get off the plane two hours later after landing and stop, because the airport in Goose Bay does not have supporting equipment (passenger ladder) to serve the A380 type aircraft.