Lufthansa A343 at Frankfurt on Jun 11th 2018, tow truck catches fire
Last Update: June 12, 2018 / 14:35:37 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Jun 11, 2018
Classification
Accident
Airline
Lufthansa
Flight number
LH-426
Departure
Frankfurt/Main, Germany
Destination
Philadelphia, United States
Aircraft Registration
D-AIFA
Aircraft Type
Airbus A340-300
ICAO Type Designator
A343
Lufthansa reported a tow truck should have towed the empty aircraft to the departure gate, when the tow truck caught fire for so far unknown reason and substantially damaged the aircraft including smoke damage to the cockpit, too. Six people received minor injuries in the occurrence.
In the afternoon Lufthansa reported the number of injuries needed to be updated, 10 people received minor injuries as result of smoke inhalation, however, no passengers were affected. The airline re-iterated: "das Cockpit wurde massiv durch Rauch beeinträchtigt" (the cockpit was massively affected by smoke) when smoke entered the aircraft.
A replacement A340-300 registration D-AIGP departed with a delay of two hours.
On Jun 12th 2018 Lufthansa reported the tug was a Diesel driven tow truck operated by their own handling firm LEOS. The cause of the fire is still under investigation. The damage of the airframe is being assessed and will take days.
On Jun 12th 2018 Germany's BFU reported they are not going to investigate the occurrence.
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Jun 11, 2018
Classification
Accident
Airline
Lufthansa
Flight number
LH-426
Departure
Frankfurt/Main, Germany
Destination
Philadelphia, United States
Aircraft Registration
D-AIFA
Aircraft Type
Airbus A340-300
ICAO Type Designator
A343
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