Lufthansa Cityline E190 near Hamburg on Dec 23rd 2018, burnt water isn't coffee

Last Update: December 23, 2018 / 17:03:25 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Dec 23, 2018

Classification
Incident

Flight number
LH-843

Aircraft Registration
D-AECI

Aircraft Type
Embraer ERJ-190

ICAO Type Designator
E190

A Lufthansa Cityline Embraer ERJ-190, registration D-AECI performing flight LH-843 from Billund (Denmark) to Frankfurt/Main (Germany) with 90 people on board, was enroute at FL230 about 50nm north of Hamburg (Germany) when the crew decided to divert to Hamburg due to a burning odour on board the aircraft. The aircraft landed safely on Hamburg's runway 23 about 18 minutes later. Emergency services found no trace of fire or smoke but located the source of heat and odour: a coffeemaker which had suffered a short.

The airline reported the remainder of the flight was cancelled, the passengers were rebooked onto other flights.

The occurrence aircraft remained on the ground in Hamburg for about 6.5 hours, then positioned to Frankfurt and resumed service.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Dec 23, 2018

Classification
Incident

Flight number
LH-843

Aircraft Registration
D-AECI

Aircraft Type
Embraer ERJ-190

ICAO Type Designator
E190

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