Lufthansa A320 near Copenhagen on Aug 30th 2013, smelly carpet
Last Update: August 30, 2013 / 21:38:25 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Aug 30, 2013
Classification
Incident
Airline
Lufthansa
Flight number
LH-809
Departure
Stockholm, Sweden
Destination
Frankfurt/Main, Germany
Aircraft Registration
D-AIZE
Aircraft Type
Airbus A320
ICAO Type Designator
A320
The passengers were rebooked onto other flights.
Maintenance determined that the odour originated from a newly installed carpet.
The incident aircraft departed Copenhagen after about 2.5 hours on the ground just with the flight crew on board and positioned to Frankfurt reaching Frankfurt with a delay of 2:45 hours.
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Aug 30, 2013
Classification
Incident
Airline
Lufthansa
Flight number
LH-809
Departure
Stockholm, Sweden
Destination
Frankfurt/Main, Germany
Aircraft Registration
D-AIZE
Aircraft Type
Airbus A320
ICAO Type Designator
A320
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