Lufthansa A359 over Montenegro on Oct 30th 2025, cracked windshield

Last Update: November 3, 2025 / 17:51:37 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Oct 30, 2025

Classification
Incident

Airline
Lufthansa

Flight number
LH-640

Aircraft Registration
D-AIXO

Aircraft Type
Airbus A350-900

ICAO Type Designator
A359

A Lufthansa Airbus A350-900, registration D-AIXO performing flight LH-640 from Munich (Germany) to Riyadh (Saudi Arabia), was enroute at FL410 over Montenegro when the crew descended the aircraft to FL200 due to a cracked windshield. After initially setting course towards Belgrad (Serbia) the aircraft turned north to return to Munich and landed safely back on Munich's runway 26R about 3 hours after departure.

The rotation was cancelled.

The aircraft returned to service about 15.5 hours after landing back.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Oct 30, 2025

Classification
Incident

Airline
Lufthansa

Flight number
LH-640

Aircraft Registration
D-AIXO

Aircraft Type
Airbus A350-900

ICAO Type Designator
A359

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