Lufthansa B748 near Frankfurt on Aug 1st 2017, strong odour on board
Last Update: August 2, 2017 / 21:25:56 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Aug 1, 2017
Classification
Incident
Airline
Lufthansa
Flight number
LH-506
Departure
Frankfurt/Main, Germany
Destination
Sao Paulo Guarulhos, Brazil
Aircraft Registration
D-ABYS
Aircraft Type
Boeing 747-8
ICAO Type Designator
B748
The flight was postponed to the next day.
A replacement Boeing 747-800 registration D-ABYH departed the following morning with a delay of 12 hours and is estimated to reach Sao Paulo with a delay of 11:15 hours.
A passenger reported a number of fellow passengers felt unwell as result of the odour, emergency services and medical services were awaiting the aircraft on return, a number of passengers were treated at the airport.
The occurrence aircraft returned to service 23 hours after landing back.
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Aug 1, 2017
Classification
Incident
Airline
Lufthansa
Flight number
LH-506
Departure
Frankfurt/Main, Germany
Destination
Sao Paulo Guarulhos, Brazil
Aircraft Registration
D-ABYS
Aircraft Type
Boeing 747-8
ICAO Type Designator
B748
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