Lufthansa A333 over North Sea on Sep 1st 2012, hydraulic problem

Last Update: September 1, 2012 / 20:53:47 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Sep 1, 2012

Classification
Incident

Airline
Lufthansa

Flight number
LH-442

Aircraft Registration
D-AIKC

Aircraft Type
Airbus A330-300

ICAO Type Designator
A333

A Lufthansa Airbus A330-300, registration D-AIKC performing flight LH-442 from Frankfurt/Main (Germany) to Detroit,MI (USA), was enroute at FL340 over the North Sea about 50 minutes into the flight when the crew decided to return to Frankfurt due to a hydraulic problem. The aircraft landed safely on Frankfurt's runway 07R about an hour after turning around.

The aircraft was able to depart again after about 3:15 hours on the ground and is estimated to reach Detroit with a delay of 5.5 hours.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Sep 1, 2012

Classification
Incident

Airline
Lufthansa

Flight number
LH-442

Aircraft Registration
D-AIKC

Aircraft Type
Airbus A330-300

ICAO Type Designator
A333

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