A Boeing 777 cargo has declared an emergency after departure from Paris CDG Airport.
A FedEx flight FX5342 departed from Paris this morning at 06:38 CEST for a flight to Guangzhou, China.
The Boeing 777F (registration N884FD) was cruising at 31,000 feet and turned around between Romania and Hungary.
The pilots declared an emergency (squawk 7700) to require a priority landing when entering French airspace.
UPDATE 10:20 CEST
The aircraft is circling at 15,000 feet North to Paris to burn/dump fuel before landing.
UPDATE 10:44 CEST
The flight is now on approach to CDG.
UPDATE 11:02 CEST
Touch down on runway 09L.
