Lufthansa B744 at Frankfurt on Jul 31st 2014, stuck flaps
Last Update: August 26, 2014 / 20:41:14 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Jul 31, 2014
Classification
Incident
Airline
Lufthansa
Flight number
LH-500
Departure
Frankfurt/Main, Germany
Destination
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Aircraft Registration
D-ABVT
Aircraft Type
Boeing 747-400
ICAO Type Designator
B744
A passenger reported that some time after departure the captain announced they could not fully retract the flaps, which wasn't a problem at all except for burning too much fuel to reach Brazil, they would no dump fuel and return to Frankfurt. The passenger reported no further announcements were made, the passenger was puzzled about the huge number of emergency vehicles attending the aircraft after landing especially as per the captain's announcement the landing wasn't a problem.
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Jul 31, 2014
Classification
Incident
Airline
Lufthansa
Flight number
LH-500
Departure
Frankfurt/Main, Germany
Destination
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Aircraft Registration
D-ABVT
Aircraft Type
Boeing 747-400
ICAO Type Designator
B744
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