Lufthansa A343 near Khartoum on Jul 6th 2013, loss of cabin pressure
Last Update: July 9, 2013 / 20:47:55 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Jul 6, 2013
Classification
Incident
Cause
Loss of cabin pressure
Airline
Lufthansa
Flight number
LH-598
Departure
Khartoum, Sudan
Destination
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Aircraft Registration
D-AIGY
Aircraft Type
Airbus A340-300
ICAO Type Designator
A343
The passengers were taken to hotels in Khartoum overnight.
The following day passengers started to complain to Lufthansa via Facebook and Twitter that they were stranded at Khartoum, left without information and left without options for their onward journey. More than 19 hours after landing passengers were finally told by a Lufthansa reply to the complaint on Facebook they were being rebooked onto Ethiopian Airlines for the leg to Addis Ababa.
The incident aircraft returned to Frankfurt as flight LH-599 on Jul 8th cruising at FL140.
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Jul 6, 2013
Classification
Incident
Cause
Loss of cabin pressure
Airline
Lufthansa
Flight number
LH-598
Departure
Khartoum, Sudan
Destination
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Aircraft Registration
D-AIGY
Aircraft Type
Airbus A340-300
ICAO Type Designator
A343
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