Lufthansa A343 at Cape Town on Aug 10th 2017, could not fully retract landing gear
Last Update: August 12, 2017 / 20:13:08 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Aug 10, 2017
Classification
Incident
Airline
Lufthansa
Flight number
LH-577
Departure
Cape Town, South Africa
Destination
Frankfurt/Main, Germany
Aircraft Registration
D-AIGL
Aircraft Type
Airbus A340-300
ICAO Type Designator
A343
The aircraft was repaired and was able to depart again after about 2:20 hours on the ground and reached Frankfurt with a delay of 3:20 hours.
A passenger reported the captain announced a gear problem after departure, the aircraft dumped fuel and returned to Cape Town. Maintenance repaired the aircraft and they departed again.
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Aug 10, 2017
Classification
Incident
Airline
Lufthansa
Flight number
LH-577
Departure
Cape Town, South Africa
Destination
Frankfurt/Main, Germany
Aircraft Registration
D-AIGL
Aircraft Type
Airbus A340-300
ICAO Type Designator
A343
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