Incident: France B772 near Asuncion on Dec 19th 2017, electrical problem or suspected fuel leak

An Air France Boeing 777-200, registration F-GSPI performing flight AF-229 from Buenos Aires Ezeiza,BA (Argentina) to Paris Charles de Gaulle (France) with 274 people on board, was enroute at FL330 about 270nm eastnortheast of Asuncion (Paraguay) in Brasilian Airspace when the crew decided to divert to Asuncion. The aircraft descended to FL150, dumped fuel on the way to Asuncion and landed safely on Asuncion's runway 02 about 50 minutes after leaving FL330.

Airport Emergency services reported the aircraft diverted due to a fuel leak.

Passengers on board of the aircraft reported the crew announced they were suffering from an electrical fault.