Lufthansa A343 near Sofia on Jul 25th 2019, engine shut down in flight

Last Update: July 26, 2019 / 09:37:56 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Jul 25, 2019

Classification
Incident

Cause
Engine shut down in flight

Airline
Lufthansa

Flight number
LH-600

Departure
Frankfurt/Main, Germany

Destination
Tehran Imam Khomeini, Iran

Aircraft Registration
D-AIFC

Aircraft Type
Airbus A340-300

ICAO Type Designator
A343

A Lufthansa Airbus A340-300, registration D-AIFC performing flight LH-600 from Frankfurt/Main (Germany) to Tehran Imam Khomeini (Iran), was enroute at FL370 about 30nm east of Sofia (Bulgaria) when the crew decided to descend the aircraft to FL340 and return to Frankfurt. The aircraft landed safely back on Frankfurt's runway 07R about 2 hours after the decision to turn around.

A passenger reported the crew announced an engine (CFM56) issue.

A replacement A340-300 registration D-AIGV is estimated to reach Tehran with a delay of 6.5 hours.

On Jul 26th 2019 The Aviation Herald learned engine #3 (inboard right hand) surged enroute followed by vibrations, the engine was reduced to idle (with no vibrations anymore), the crew returned to Frankfurt. On the top of descent into Frankfurt the crew shut the #3 engine down. The engine is going to be replaced.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Jul 25, 2019

Classification
Incident

Cause
Engine shut down in flight

Airline
Lufthansa

Flight number
LH-600

Departure
Frankfurt/Main, Germany

Destination
Tehran Imam Khomeini, Iran

Aircraft Registration
D-AIFC

Aircraft Type
Airbus A340-300

ICAO Type Designator
A343

This article is published under license from Avherald.com. © of text by Avherald.com.
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