Lufthansa A388 near Torshavn on May 11th 2014, hydraulic problem

Last Update: May 12, 2014 / 13:02:39 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
May 11, 2014

Classification
Incident

Airline
Lufthansa

Flight number
LH-454

Aircraft Registration
D-AIMC

Aircraft Type
Airbus A380-800

ICAO Type Designator
A388

A Lufthansa Airbus A380-800, registration D-AIMC performing flight LH-454 from Frankfurt/Main (Germany) to San Francisco,CA (USA), was enroute at FL350 about 160nm south of Torshavn (Faroer Islands) just about to enter the Oceanic crossing when the crew decided to turn around and return to Frankfurt due to a hydraulic problem. The aircraft landed safely on Frankfurt's runway 25C about 2 hours later.

The flight was postponed to the next day, the passengers were taken to hotels.

A replacement Airbus A380-800 registration D-AIMJ is estimated to reach San Francisco as flight LH-4C4 with a delay of 22 hours.

The occurrence aircraft was able to resume service about 20 hours after landing in Frankfurt.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
May 11, 2014

Classification
Incident

Airline
Lufthansa

Flight number
LH-454

Aircraft Registration
D-AIMC

Aircraft Type
Airbus A380-800

ICAO Type Designator
A388

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