Lufthansa A346 at Frankfurt on Apr 18th 2015, could not fully retract landing gear
Last Update: April 23, 2015 / 21:13:15 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Apr 18, 2015
Classification
Incident
Airline
Lufthansa
Flight number
LH-600
Departure
Frankfurt/Main, Germany
Destination
Tehran Imam Khomeini, Iran
Aircraft Registration
D-AIHU
Aircraft Type
Airbus A340-600
ICAO Type Designator
A346
A passenger reported the crew attempted to retract the landing gear three times then announced they had not been able to retract the landing gear and they were returning to Frankfurt. The aircraft dumped fuel.
A replacement Airbus A340-300 registration D-AIFC reached Tehran with a delay of 4:45 hours.
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Apr 18, 2015
Classification
Incident
Airline
Lufthansa
Flight number
LH-600
Departure
Frankfurt/Main, Germany
Destination
Tehran Imam Khomeini, Iran
Aircraft Registration
D-AIHU
Aircraft Type
Airbus A340-600
ICAO Type Designator
A346
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