Lufthansa A388 near San Francisco on Sep 9th 2012, medical emergency
Last Update: September 10, 2012 / 21:41:13 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Sep 9, 2012
Classification
Incident
Cause
Medical emergency
Airline
Lufthansa
Flight number
LH-455
Departure
San Francisco, United States
Destination
Frankfurt/Main, Germany
Aircraft Registration
D-AIMB
Aircraft Type
Airbus A380-800
ICAO Type Designator
A388
The aircraft departed San Francisco after about 4.5 hours on the ground with about 20 passengers less, who decided to not continue their journey after return to San Francisco, and without a flight attendant, who collapsed after landing back in San Francisco and was taken to a hospital, too, but was able to leave the hospital already. The aircraft reached Frankfurt with a delay of 3:40 hours.
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Sep 9, 2012
Classification
Incident
Cause
Medical emergency
Airline
Lufthansa
Flight number
LH-455
Departure
San Francisco, United States
Destination
Frankfurt/Main, Germany
Aircraft Registration
D-AIMB
Aircraft Type
Airbus A380-800
ICAO Type Designator
A388
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