Lufthansa B748 enroute on Apr 18th 2022, unruly lavatories
Last Update: April 23, 2022 / 21:43:23 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Apr 18, 2022
Classification
Incident
Airline
Lufthansa
Flight number
LH-431
Departure
Chicago O'Hare, United States
Destination
Frankfurt/Main, Germany
Aircraft Registration
D-ABYR
Aircraft Type
Boeing 747-8
ICAO Type Designator
B748
A passenger told The Aviation Herald: "It was a minor incident but something which might get quite popular with your readers - unruly lavatories!" Prior to departure the captain had announced there were minor issues with the lavatories. The passenger commented such "minor issues" are rarely "self curing" so they turned around after 2.5 hours into the flight and landed back in Chicago about 5 hours after departure with just 2 lavatories remaining, that were still working. While on the way back it also appeared there might have been some electrical problems, a number of fellow passengers were unable to adjust their seats, flight attendants had to return the seats to their upright positions manually, there were flickering cabin lights in the back of the cabin and the inflight entertainment system was playing up.
The aircraft remained on the ground in Chicago for about 19 hours, then positioned back to Frankfurt, where the aircraft remained on the ground for another 39 hours before returning to service.
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Apr 18, 2022
Classification
Incident
Airline
Lufthansa
Flight number
LH-431
Departure
Chicago O'Hare, United States
Destination
Frankfurt/Main, Germany
Aircraft Registration
D-ABYR
Aircraft Type
Boeing 747-8
ICAO Type Designator
B748
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