Lufthansa B744 at Rio de Janeiro on Feb 20th 2019, flaps problem
Last Update: February 23, 2019 / 23:38:15 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Feb 20, 2019
Classification
Incident
Cause
Flaps problem
Airline
Lufthansa
Flight number
LH-501
Departure
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Destination
Frankfurt/Main, Germany
Aircraft Registration
D-ABVR
Aircraft Type
Boeing 747-400
ICAO Type Designator
B744
The occurrence aircraft remained on the ground for about 48 hours, then positioned back to Frankfurt as flight LH-9923.
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Feb 20, 2019
Classification
Incident
Cause
Flaps problem
Airline
Lufthansa
Flight number
LH-501
Departure
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Destination
Frankfurt/Main, Germany
Aircraft Registration
D-ABVR
Aircraft Type
Boeing 747-400
ICAO Type Designator
B744
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