Lufthansa A343 at Newark on Oct 29th 2013, unidentifyable burning smell

Last Update: November 4, 2013 / 22:59:16 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Oct 29, 2013

Classification
Incident

Airline
Lufthansa

Flight number
LH-408

Departure
Dusseldorf, Germany

Destination
Newark, United States

Aircraft Registration
D-AIGV

Aircraft Type
Airbus A340-300

ICAO Type Designator
A343

A Lufthansa Airbus A340-300, registration D-AIGV performing flight LH-408 from Dusseldorf (Germany) to Newark,NJ (USA) with 192 people on board, was on approach frequency to Newark descending through about 6000 feet when the crew requested priority due to an unidentifyable smell in the cockpit, possibly burning rubber or burning plastics. The captain donned his oxygen mask for the remainder of the approach and landing, the crew requested high speed up to 280 knots. There was no smoke or haze visible, they lost the flight management system #1 about 5 minutes prior to the fumes and did not know whether there was a link between that failure and the smell. The aircraft landed safely on runway 04R about 18 minutes later.

The aircraft was on the ground in Newark for about 3 hours then departed for the return flight LH-409 about 40 minutes behind schedule and reached Dusseldorf on schedule.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Oct 29, 2013

Classification
Incident

Airline
Lufthansa

Flight number
LH-408

Departure
Dusseldorf, Germany

Destination
Newark, United States

Aircraft Registration
D-AIGV

Aircraft Type
Airbus A340-300

ICAO Type Designator
A343

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