Lufthansa A388 enroute on Aug 20th 2014, generator failure
Last Update: August 23, 2014 / 17:14:19 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Aug 20, 2014
Classification
Incident
Cause
Generator failure
Airline
Lufthansa
Flight number
LH-572
Departure
Frankfurt/Main, Germany
Destination
Johannesburg, South Africa
Aircraft Registration
D-AIMI
Aircraft Type
Airbus A380-800
ICAO Type Designator
A388
The aircraft was unable to depart for the return flight LH-573 however, the generator needed to be replaced.
A replacement Airbus A380-800 registration D-AIMD, that had arrived as next day's LH-572 taking spare parts and maintenance personnel to Johannesburg performed the return flight LH-573D of Aug 20th departing in the morning of Aug 21st and reached Frankfurt with a delay of 16.5 hours.
D-AIMI was able to depart as flight LH-573 of Aug 21st on schedule after about 35 hours on the ground in Johannesburg.
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Aug 20, 2014
Classification
Incident
Cause
Generator failure
Airline
Lufthansa
Flight number
LH-572
Departure
Frankfurt/Main, Germany
Destination
Johannesburg, South Africa
Aircraft Registration
D-AIMI
Aircraft Type
Airbus A380-800
ICAO Type Designator
A388
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