Lufthansa A319 at Frankfurt on Oct 12th 2018, odour on board

Last Update: October 13, 2018 / 21:12:27 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Oct 12, 2018

Classification
Incident

Airline
Lufthansa

Flight number
LH-278

Aircraft Registration
D-AILM

Aircraft Type
Airbus A319

ICAO Type Designator
A319

A Lufthansa Airbus A319-100, registration D-AILM performing flight LH-278 from Frankfurt/Main (Germany) to Milan Linate (Italy) with 113 passengers and 5 crew, was climbing out of Frankfurt's runway 18 when the crew stopped the climb at FL190 reporting an unusual odour on board. The aircraft returned to Frankfurt for a safe landing on runway 25C about 25 minutes after departure.

The flight was cancelled, the passengers were rebooked onto other flights.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Oct 12, 2018

Classification
Incident

Airline
Lufthansa

Flight number
LH-278

Aircraft Registration
D-AILM

Aircraft Type
Airbus A319

ICAO Type Designator
A319

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