Lufthansa A388 near Gdansk on Jul 23rd 2015, hydraulic failure

Last Update: July 23, 2015 / 23:44:11 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Jul 23, 2015

Classification
Incident

Airline
Lufthansa

Flight number
LH-712

Aircraft Registration
D-AIMG

Aircraft Type
Airbus A380-800

ICAO Type Designator
A388

A Lufthansa Airbus A380-800, registration D-AIMG performing flight LH-712 from Frankfurt/Main (Germany) to Seoul (South Korea), was enroute at FL320 about 80nm west of Gdansk (Poland) when the crew decided to return to Frankfurt due to a hydraulic failure. The aircraft landed safely on Frankfurt's runway 07C about 90 minutes later.

A ground observer reported the aircraft landed with all gear doors open, the flaps remained extended while emergency services checked the aircraft. The aircraft was subsequently towed to the apron.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Jul 23, 2015

Classification
Incident

Airline
Lufthansa

Flight number
LH-712

Aircraft Registration
D-AIMG

Aircraft Type
Airbus A380-800

ICAO Type Designator
A388

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