Lufthansa A321 at Frankfurt and Barcelona on Nov 29th 2017, fumes on board
Last Update: January 9, 2018 / 16:59:15 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Nov 29, 2017
Classification
Accident
Cause
Fumes on board
Airline
Lufthansa
Flight number
LH-1128
Departure
Frankfurt/Main, Germany
Destination
Barcelona, Spain
Aircraft Registration
D-AISB
Aircraft Type
Airbus A321
ICAO Type Designator
A321
The aircraft remained on the ground for 2:20 hours, then departed for the return flight LH-1129 to Frankfurt. After landing in Frankfurt the aircraft remained on the ground in Frankfurt for 17 hours before returning to service.
According to information The Aviation Herald received on Dec 4th 2017 the entire crew went to see a doctor after landing back in Frankfurt, however, no immediate health issues were identified by any crew member. Three days later a crew member started to suffer from symptoms related to the fume event and is currently on sick leave.
Germany BFU told The Aviation Herald on Dec 5th 2017, that they were notified about the occurrence and are currently collecting information to rate the occurrence.
On Jan 9th 2018 the BFU told The Aviation Herald, that the occurrence was not rated serious incident or accident, no investigation has been opened.
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Nov 29, 2017
Classification
Accident
Cause
Fumes on board
Airline
Lufthansa
Flight number
LH-1128
Departure
Frankfurt/Main, Germany
Destination
Barcelona, Spain
Aircraft Registration
D-AISB
Aircraft Type
Airbus A321
ICAO Type Designator
A321
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