Lufthansa A319 enroute on Dec 2nd 2018, odour on board
Last Update: December 13, 2018 / 22:26:45 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Dec 2, 2018
Classification
Incident
Airline
Lufthansa
Flight number
LH-2023
Departure
Dusseldorf, Germany
Destination
Munich, Germany
Aircraft Registration
D-AIBG
Aircraft Type
Airbus A319
ICAO Type Designator
A319
The aircraft remained on the ground for about 47.5 hours while maintenance spotted leaked oil in the APU compartment, the APU oil reservoir was full however. The APU oil had been replenished twice within a day before. Subsequently the odour was found associated with the #1 bleed air, however, no smell was found with APU bleed and #2 bleed air. Several filters were replaced.
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Dec 2, 2018
Classification
Incident
Airline
Lufthansa
Flight number
LH-2023
Departure
Dusseldorf, Germany
Destination
Munich, Germany
Aircraft Registration
D-AIBG
Aircraft Type
Airbus A319
ICAO Type Designator
A319
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