Lufthansa A343 near Amsterdam on May 17th 2018, engine vibrations
Last Update: May 17, 2018 / 20:58:29 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
May 17, 2018
Classification
Incident
Cause
Engine vibrations
Airline
Lufthansa
Flight number
LH-466
Departure
Frankfurt/Main, Germany
Destination
San Diego, United States
Aircraft Registration
D-AIGO
Aircraft Type
Airbus A340-300
ICAO Type Designator
A343
A replacement Airbus A330-300 registration D-AIKI is estimated to reach San Diego with a delay of about 5 hours.
The airline reported the crew decided to return to Frankfurt due to vibrations of one of the four engines. An inspection of the engine after landing revealed the engine had ingested (small) birds without the crew becoming aware of the bird strike.
Incident Facts
Date of incident
May 17, 2018
Classification
Incident
Cause
Engine vibrations
Airline
Lufthansa
Flight number
LH-466
Departure
Frankfurt/Main, Germany
Destination
San Diego, United States
Aircraft Registration
D-AIGO
Aircraft Type
Airbus A340-300
ICAO Type Designator
A343
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