Lufthansa B789 over Atlantic on Nov 21st 2025, windshield heating channel failure
Last Update: November 29, 2025 / 21:00:53 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Nov 21, 2025
Classification
Incident
Airline
Lufthansa
Flight number
LH-500
Departure
Frankfurt/Main, Germany
Destination
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Aircraft Registration
D-ABPR
Aircraft Type
Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner
ICAO Type Designator
B789
The captain told the passenger that one of the windshield heating channels was not working, in consultation with dispatch and maintenance they concluded they could not continue the flight to Rio de Janeiro and would return to Frankfurt, which would take another about 5 hours. A replacement aircraft would be made ready.
A replacement Boeing 787-9 registration D-ABPA reached Rio de Janeiro with a delay of about 13 hours.
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Nov 21, 2025
Classification
Incident
Airline
Lufthansa
Flight number
LH-500
Departure
Frankfurt/Main, Germany
Destination
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Aircraft Registration
D-ABPR
Aircraft Type
Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner
ICAO Type Designator
B789
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