Lufthansa A333 near Rhodes on Mar 18th 2024, electrical smell in galley

Last Update: March 19, 2024 / 17:41:44 GMT/Zulu time

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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

A Lufthansa Airbus A330-300, registration D-AIKL performing flight LH-630 from Frankfurt/Main (Germany) to Dubai (United Arab Emirates) with 189 passengers and 11 crew, was enroute at FL390 about 10nm northwest of Rhodes (Greece) when the crew reported smoke in the aft cabin and decided to divert to Rhodes. The aircraft landed safely on Rhodes' runway 24 about 20 minutes later.

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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