Lufthansa B748 at Frankfurt on Aug 4th 2015, wheel well fire indication

Last Update: August 5, 2015 / 09:19:20 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Aug 4, 2015

Classification
Incident

Airline
Lufthansa

Flight number
LH-500

Aircraft Registration
D-ABYA

Aircraft Type
Boeing 747-8

ICAO Type Designator
B748

A Lufthansa Boeing 747-800, registration D-ABYA performing flight LH-500 from Frankfurt/Main (Germany) to Rio de Janeiro,RJ (Brazil), departed Frankfurt's runway 18 but stopped the climb at 6000 feet and returned to Frankfurt reporting a wheel well fire indication. The aircraft landed safely on runway 25C about 20 minutes after departure. Emergency services did not detect a trace of fire, smoke or heat, the aircraft taxied to the apron, where passengers disembarked normally.

The flight was postponed to the following day, a replacement Boeing 747-800 registration D-ABYO departed Frankfurt with a delay of 12 hours.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Aug 4, 2015

Classification
Incident

Airline
Lufthansa

Flight number
LH-500

Aircraft Registration
D-ABYA

Aircraft Type
Boeing 747-8

ICAO Type Designator
B748

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