Lufthansa A388 enroute on Aug 20th 2014, generator failure

Last Update: August 23, 2014 / 17:14:19 GMT/Zulu time

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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

A Lufthansa Airbus A380-800, registration D-AIMI performing flight LH-572 (dep Aug 19th) from Frankfurt/Main (Germany) to Johannesburg (South Africa), was enroute over Africa when a generator failed. The crew continued the flight to Johannesburg for a safe landing.

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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