Lufthansa A359 near Luanda on Dec 3rd 2022, engine trouble

Last Update: December 8, 2022 / 14:13:48 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Dec 3, 2022

Classification
Incident

Cause
Engine trouble

Airline
Lufthansa

Flight number
LH-575

Departure
Cape Town, South Africa

Destination
Munich, Germany

Aircraft Registration
D-AIXE

Aircraft Type
Airbus A350-900

ICAO Type Designator
A359

A Lufthansa Airbus A350-900, registration D-AIXE performing flight LH-575 from Cape Town (South Africa) to Munich (Germany) with 286 passengers and 13 crew, was enroute at FL380 about 10nm southwest of Luanda (Angola) when the crew initiated a descent to FL340. Shortly after levelling off at FL340, now about 80nm northnorthwest of Luanda, the crew initiated a drift down to FL200 due to problems with the left hand engine (Trent XWB) and decided to divert to Luanda and burn off fuel. The aircraft landed safely on runway 23 about one hour after the onset of trouble.

The aircraft is still on the ground in Luanda about 20 hours after landing.

The Aviation Herald received information that the left hand engine needs to be replaced.

On Dec 4th 2022 the airport reported the crew declared emergency at 14:18L (13:18Z) reporting a fire indication for the left hand engine (editorial note: the aircraft was just levelling off at FL200 at that time and entered a hold). Emergency services solved the problem about 35 minutes later after landing at 14:56L (13:56Z).

On Dec 5th 2022 the airline reported there had been indication of a technical irregularity with an engine, however did not confirm an engine fire indication.

On Dec 8th 2022 The Aviation Herald received information, that after review of the engine only the gearbox of the engine needs to be replaced.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Dec 3, 2022

Classification
Incident

Cause
Engine trouble

Airline
Lufthansa

Flight number
LH-575

Departure
Cape Town, South Africa

Destination
Munich, Germany

Aircraft Registration
D-AIXE

Aircraft Type
Airbus A350-900

ICAO Type Designator
A359

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