Lufthansa B744 near Munich on Jan 26th 2013, wild west oven

Last Update: January 28, 2013 / 17:51:36 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Jan 26, 2013

Classification
Incident

Airline
Lufthansa

Flight number
LH-756

Departure
Frankfurt/Main, Germany

Destination
Mumbai, India

Aircraft Registration
D-ABVS

Aircraft Type
Boeing 747-400

ICAO Type Designator
B744

A Lufthansa Boeing 747-400, registration D-ABVS performing flight LH-756 from Frankfurt/Main (Germany) to Mumbai (India), was enroute at FL350 about 35nm southeast of Linz (Austria) when the crew decided to divert to Munich (Germany) due to a galley oven emitting smoke. The aircraft descended towards Munich when the crew stopped the descent at FL140 and climbed again to return to Frankfurt, climbing through FL210 the crew declared emergency reporting smell of smoke in the cockpit and diverted to Munich for a safe landing on runway 08R about 10 minutes after stopping the climb at FL220 and about 45 minutes after the first decision to divert. Emergency services needed to cool the left main gear brakes.

The smoke signalling oven was replaced and the aircraft departed again after about 130 minutes on the ground. The aircraft is currently estimated to reach Mumbai with a delay of 4 hours.

The airline reported a blocked fan in the convection oven was identified as source of an electrical odour.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Jan 26, 2013

Classification
Incident

Airline
Lufthansa

Flight number
LH-756

Departure
Frankfurt/Main, Germany

Destination
Mumbai, India

Aircraft Registration
D-ABVS

Aircraft Type
Boeing 747-400

ICAO Type Designator
B744

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