Lufthansa A333 near Rhodes on Mar 18th 2024, electrical smell in galley
Last Update: March 19, 2024 / 17:41:44 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Mar 18, 2024
Classification
Incident
Airline
Lufthansa
Flight number
LH-630
Departure
Frankfurt/Main, Germany
Destination
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Aircraft Registration
D-AIKL
Aircraft Type
Airbus A330-300
ICAO Type Designator
A333
Local emergency services reported they were alerted to an aircraft arriving with smoke in the aft cabin.
The airline reported there had been no smoke at any time of the flight, however, there had been an undefined electrical odour in one of the galleys.
A replacement A330-300 registration D-AIKP positioned to Rhodes and is currently enroute to Dubai estimated to land at destination with a delay of about 23 hours.
The occurrence aircraft is still on the ground in Rhodes about 26 hours after landing.
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Mar 18, 2024
Classification
Incident
Airline
Lufthansa
Flight number
LH-630
Departure
Frankfurt/Main, Germany
Destination
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Aircraft Registration
D-AIKL
Aircraft Type
Airbus A330-300
ICAO Type Designator
A333
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