Lufthansa B744 near Mumbai on Aug 23rd 2014, flaps problem

Last Update: August 24, 2014 / 23:55:51 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Aug 23, 2014

Classification
Incident

Airline
Lufthansa

Flight number
LH-757

Departure
Mumbai, India

Aircraft Registration
D-ABVO

Aircraft Type
Boeing 747-400

ICAO Type Designator
B744

A Lufthansa Boeing 747-400, registration D-ABVO performing flight LH-757 from Mumbai (India) to Frankfurt/Main (Germany) with 350 people on board, was climbing out of Mumbai when the crew stopped the climb at FL200 due to problems retracting the flaps, entered a hold to work the related checklists and decided to return to Mumbai. The aircraft dumped fuel and landed safely back in Mumbai about 130 minutes after departure.

The aircraft was repaired and reached Frankfurt with a delay of 33 hours.

The airline confirmed issues with the flaps requiring spare parts to be flown in from Germany.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Aug 23, 2014

Classification
Incident

Airline
Lufthansa

Flight number
LH-757

Departure
Mumbai, India

Aircraft Registration
D-ABVO

Aircraft Type
Boeing 747-400

ICAO Type Designator
B744

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