Lufthansa MD11 over Iran on Jan 18th 2018, senior first officer incapacitated
Last Update: May 8, 2018 / 17:22:28 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Jan 18, 2018
Classification
Incident
Airline
Lufthansa
Flight number
GEC-8369
Departure
Mumbai, India
Destination
Frankfurt/Main, Germany
Aircraft Registration
D-ALCB
Aircraft Type
McDonnell Douglas MD-11
ICAO Type Designator
MD11
The aircraft remained on the ground in Vienna for about 3.5 hours, then continued to Frankfurt.
On May 8th 2018 Germany's BFU reported in their January Bulletin that the senior first officer was unable to continue duties due to food poisoning. The crew subsequently decided to divert to Vienna. The BFU opened an investigation into the occurrence rated a serious incident.
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Jan 18, 2018
Classification
Incident
Airline
Lufthansa
Flight number
GEC-8369
Departure
Mumbai, India
Destination
Frankfurt/Main, Germany
Aircraft Registration
D-ALCB
Aircraft Type
McDonnell Douglas MD-11
ICAO Type Designator
MD11
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