Lufthansa A320 at Zurich on Jun 26th 2013, strong smell in cabin

Last Update: June 30, 2013 / 20:06:17 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Jun 26, 2013

Classification
Accident

Airline
Lufthansa

Flight number
LH-3134

Aircraft Registration
D-AIQS

Aircraft Type
Airbus A320

ICAO Type Designator
A320

A Lufthansa Airbus A320-200, registration D-AIQS performing flight LH-3134 from Dusseldorf (Germany) to Zurich (Switzerland), had landed on Zurich's runway 14 and was about to vacate the runway when the crew advised they had a strong smell in the cabin and requested to cross runway 28 as quickly as possible, but declined assistance by emergency services. The aircraft taxied to the gate, where passengers and crew disembarked normally, the crew underwent medical checks reporting dizziness, breathing difficulties, nausea and lack of concentration.

The return flight LH-3135 was cancelled.

The aircraft positioned to Frankfurt/Main (Germany) as LH-9923 departing Zurich about 6 hours after landing and remained on the ground in Frankfurt for the rest of the day and Jun 27th before resuming service in the morning of Jun 28th.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Jun 26, 2013

Classification
Accident

Airline
Lufthansa

Flight number
LH-3134

Aircraft Registration
D-AIQS

Aircraft Type
Airbus A320

ICAO Type Designator
A320

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