Lufthansa A388 enroute on Apr 2nd 2019, hydraulic fault

Last Update: April 2, 2019 / 22:15:58 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Apr 2, 2019

Classification
Incident

Airline
Lufthansa

Flight number
LH-760

Destination
Delhi, India

Aircraft Registration
D-AIMK

Aircraft Type
Airbus A380-800

ICAO Type Designator
A388

A Lufthansa Airbus A380-800, registration D-AIMK performing flight LH-760 from Frankfurt/Main (Germany) to Delhi (India) with 246 people on board, was enroute at FL390 about 140nm northwest of Tehran (Iran) when the crew decided to return to Frankfurt due to a hydraulic fault. The aircraft descended to FL380 and landed safely back in Frankfurt about 4:15 hours later.

The airline reported the aircraft returned due to a technical issue, subsequently confirmed a hydraulic defect.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Apr 2, 2019

Classification
Incident

Airline
Lufthansa

Flight number
LH-760

Destination
Delhi, India

Aircraft Registration
D-AIMK

Aircraft Type
Airbus A380-800

ICAO Type Designator
A388

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