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The Air Algerie flight is returning to the French capital after the captain radioed in the emergency to air traffic controllers.

The Airbue A330 aircraft departed Paris Orly International Airport for the Algerian capital at 4.55pm and was due to arrive there at 6.05pm before the about turn.

It has not been confirmed what the nature of the emergency was, but a Turkish journalist tweeted that the plane had experienced a technical fault shortly after take-off.

According to a French journalist the plane has now touched down at Orly.