Lufthansa A343 near Brest on Aug 24th 2017, oil smell on board

Last Update: August 25, 2017 / 20:59:58 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Aug 24, 2017

Classification
Incident

Airline
Lufthansa

Flight number
LH-542

Destination
Bogota, Colombia

Aircraft Registration
D-AIGZ

Aircraft Type
Airbus A340-300

ICAO Type Designator
A343

A Lufthansa Airbus A340-300, registration D-AIGZ performing flight LH-542 from Frankfurt/Main (Germany) to Bogota (Colombia), was enroute at FL310 about 60nm west of Brest (France) when the crew decided to return to Frankfurt due to an oil smell on board. The aircraft descended to FL300 for the return and landed safely on Frankfurt's runway 25C about 105 minutes after turning around. The entire crew went to a hospital.

The Aviation Herald received information that the #3 engine (CFM56) was identified as source of the odour.

The airline confirmed the aircraft returned to Frankfurt to an odour on board. A replacement aircraft is going to depart as soon as possible.

A replacement Airbus A340-300 registration D-AIFC departed Frankfurt with a delay of 7 hours.

The occurrence aircraft is still on the ground about 29 hours after landing.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Aug 24, 2017

Classification
Incident

Airline
Lufthansa

Flight number
LH-542

Destination
Bogota, Colombia

Aircraft Registration
D-AIGZ

Aircraft Type
Airbus A340-300

ICAO Type Designator
A343

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