Lufthansa B748 at Frankfurt on Oct 26th 2019, could not retract landing gear

Last Update: October 26, 2019 / 20:07:20 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Oct 26, 2019

Classification
Incident

Airline
Lufthansa

Flight number
LH-422

Aircraft Registration
D-ABYL

Aircraft Type
Boeing 747-8

ICAO Type Designator
B748

A Lufthansa Boeing 747-800, registration D-ABYL performing flight LH-422 from Frankfurt/Main (Germany) to Boston,MA (USA), was climbing out of Frankfurt's runway 25C when the crew stopped the climb initially at FL180 reporting a gear problem. The aircraft subsequently climbed to FL200, dumped fuel and returned to Frankfurt for a safe landing on runway 25C about 85 minutes after departure.

A number of ground observers along the route of the aircraft up to Cologne (Germany) reported seeing the aircraft with all gear extended and later dumping fuel.

A passenger reported the crew announced a problem with the landing gear as reason for the return to Frankfurt.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Oct 26, 2019

Classification
Incident

Airline
Lufthansa

Flight number
LH-422

Aircraft Registration
D-ABYL

Aircraft Type
Boeing 747-8

ICAO Type Designator
B748

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