The flight AF30 departed Paris CDG today at 11:03 CET for a 9h 45m flight to Atlanta.

The Airbus A350-900 (registration F-HTYI) was cruising at 38,000 ft at North of UK when the crew declared an emergency almost 2 hours into the flight.

UPDATE 12:15 GMT
Flight AF30 is circling near Scotland, still holding 38,000ft.

UPDATE 13:10 GMT
Flight AF30 is finally crossing Atlantic but will have to divert to Detroit to refuel. The airline is planning a stopover of 1 hour.

UPDATE 14:55 GMT
Flight AF30 circled due to a technical issue until crew solved it. As we said earlier, the A350 will refuel in Detroit.

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