Lufthansa A20N at Frankfurt on Jan 21st 2020, engine failure

Last Update: January 26, 2020 / 22:23:20 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Jan 21, 2020

Classification
Incident

Airline
Lufthansa

Flight number
LH-1392

Aircraft Registration
D-AINM

Aircraft Type
Airbus A320-200N

ICAO Type Designator
A20N

A Lufthansa Airbus A320-200N, registration D-AINM performing flight LH-1392 from Frankfurt/Main (Germany) to Prague (Czech Republic) with 118 people on board, was climbing out of Frankfurt when the crew stopped the climb at FL240 after the left hand engine (PW1127G) emitted a loud bang and failed. The crew shut the engine down and returned to Frankfurt for a safe landing on runway 07C about 45 minutes after departure.

The occurrence aircraft is still on the ground in Frankfurt 133 hours (about 5.5 days) after landing back.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Jan 21, 2020

Classification
Incident

Airline
Lufthansa

Flight number
LH-1392

Aircraft Registration
D-AINM

Aircraft Type
Airbus A320-200N

ICAO Type Designator
A20N

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