On the night of 30 November 2009, an Air France A330, flying Rio de Janeiro (GIG) to Paris (CDG) called Mayday as a response to severe turbulence due to weather and to alert others in the area that it was deviating from this its approved flight level without ATC authority, (which could not be reached/obtained). […]
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