Lufthansa A346 at Toronto on Dec 1st 2013 , landed without clearance
Last Update: December 17, 2013 / 19:49:54 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Dec 1, 2013
Classification
Incident
Airline
Lufthansa
Flight number
LH-470
Departure
Frankfurt/Main, Germany
Destination
Toronto, Canada
Aircraft Registration
D-AIHF
Aircraft Type
Airbus A340-600
ICAO Type Designator
A346
Canada's TSB reported that the aircraft continued to taxi off the runway for several thousand feet northbound on taxiway H before air traffic control was able to raise the crew on the approach frequency and instruct the crew to stop the aircraft.
NAV Canada reported the aircraft landed on runway 23 without establishing contact with tower, vacated the runway via taxiway H and continued taxi. Tower was able to contact the aircraft via approach frequency and instruct the aircraft to stop, then contact ground. The aircraft stopped just prior to crossing runway 33L and contacted ground.
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Dec 1, 2013
Classification
Incident
Airline
Lufthansa
Flight number
LH-470
Departure
Frankfurt/Main, Germany
Destination
Toronto, Canada
Aircraft Registration
D-AIHF
Aircraft Type
Airbus A340-600
ICAO Type Designator
A346
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