Lufthansa A321 at Frankfurt on Jul 29th 2014, fumes in cockpit

Last Update: August 1, 2014 / 11:14:12 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Jul 29, 2014

Classification
Incident

Airline
Lufthansa

Flight number
LH-1133

Departure
Barcelona, Spain

Destination
Frankfurt/Main, Germany

Aircraft Registration
D-AIRE

Aircraft Type
Airbus A321

ICAO Type Designator
A321

A Lufthansa Airbus A321-200, registration D-AIRE performing flight LH-1133 (scheduled dep Jul 28th, actual dep Jul 29th) from Barcelona,SP (Spain) to Frankfurt/Main (Germany), was decending towards Frankfurt when at about FL100 an odour of old socks was noticed in cabin and cockpit. The crew continued for a safe landing on Frankfurt's runway 07R about 13 minutes later. All crew went to see the doctor after landing.

The aircraft remained on the ground for about 3 hours then resumed service.

The aircraft had been involved in a fumes event the day before on flight LH-1132 to Barcelona, see Incident: Lufthansa A321 at Barcelona on Jul 28th 2014, fumes in cockpit, underwent maintenance over night, then departed Barcelona with the same crew, that flew LH-1132, for the return flight.

Germany's BFU confirmed they are aware of both occurrences on LH-1132 and LH-1133.

According to information The Aviation Herald received Germany's Pilot Association "Vereinigung Cockpit" may have a particular interest to identify the circumstances of the occurrences because of the captain of both occurrence flights.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Jul 29, 2014

Classification
Incident

Airline
Lufthansa

Flight number
LH-1133

Departure
Barcelona, Spain

Destination
Frankfurt/Main, Germany

Aircraft Registration
D-AIRE

Aircraft Type
Airbus A321

ICAO Type Designator
A321

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