Lufthansa B744 over Atlantic on Mar 8th 2013, smoke on board

Last Update: March 8, 2013 / 19:40:38 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Mar 8, 2013

Classification
Incident

Airline
Lufthansa

Flight number
LH-499

Aircraft Registration
D-ABVH

Aircraft Type
Boeing 747-400

ICAO Type Designator
B744

A Lufthansa Boeing 747-400, registration D-ABVH performing flight LH-499 (dep Mar 7th) from Mexico City (Mexico) to Frankfurt/Main (Germany), had departed with a delay of 4:45 hours due to a problem with the brakes. The aircraft was enroute at FL370 over the Atlantic Ocean when the crew reported smoke on board of the aircraft and decided to divert to Lajes Airfield on Terceira Island, Azores (Portugal) for a safe landing on Lajes' runway 33.

Lufthansa's website confirms the diversion to Terceira however does not provide any estimate when the flight is to continue to Frankfurt, but shows the flight Mexico City to Frankfurt cancelled.

Frankfurt Airport's arrival board shows the flight delayed to arrive on Mar 9th (scheduled arrival at 14:55L on Mar 8th).
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Mar 8, 2013

Classification
Incident

Airline
Lufthansa

Flight number
LH-499

Aircraft Registration
D-ABVH

Aircraft Type
Boeing 747-400

ICAO Type Designator
B744

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