Lufthansa A346 near Black Tickle on Apr 25th 2013, electrical smell in galley

Last Update: May 1, 2013 / 19:54:59 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Apr 25, 2013

Classification
Incident

Airline
Lufthansa

Flight number
LH-423

Departure
Boston, United States

Destination
Frankfurt/Main, Germany

Aircraft Registration
D-AIHC

Aircraft Type
Airbus A340-600

ICAO Type Designator
A346

A Lufthansa Airbus A340-600, registration D-AIHC performing flight LH-423 from Boston,MA (USA) to Frankfurt/Main (Germany), was enroute at FL370 about 20nm southwest of Black Tickle,NL (Canada) when the crew reported an electrical smell in the lower galley and requested to return to Boston. The aircraft descended to FL320. While descending towards Boston the crew reported that the electrical smell still persisted but hadn't gotten any worse, maybe a bit better, and advised they did not need emergency services on stand by. The aircraft landed safely on Boston's runway 04R about 2.5 hours after turning around.

The aircraft was able to resume the flight after about 20 hours on the ground and reached Frankfurt with a delay of 26:15 hours.

On May 1st 2013 the Canadian TSB reported that the odour was traced to the inflight entertainment system, the system was shut down and the odour dissipated. The entertainment unit was removed from the aircraft after landing in Boston and the aircraft was released to service.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Apr 25, 2013

Classification
Incident

Airline
Lufthansa

Flight number
LH-423

Departure
Boston, United States

Destination
Frankfurt/Main, Germany

Aircraft Registration
D-AIHC

Aircraft Type
Airbus A340-600

ICAO Type Designator
A346

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