Lufthansa B744 near Greenland on Feb 27th 2015, captain incapacitated
Last Update: June 23, 2015 / 13:13:20 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Feb 27, 2015
Classification
Incident
Cause
Captain incapacitated
Airline
Lufthansa
Flight number
LH-493
Departure
Vancouver, Canada
Destination
Frankfurt/Main, Germany
Aircraft Registration
D-ABVU
Aircraft Type
Boeing 747-400
ICAO Type Designator
B744
On Jun 23rd 2015 Germany's BFU reported in their February Bulletin that the BFU have opened an investigation into the occurrence rated a serious incident.
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Feb 27, 2015
Classification
Incident
Cause
Captain incapacitated
Airline
Lufthansa
Flight number
LH-493
Departure
Vancouver, Canada
Destination
Frankfurt/Main, Germany
Aircraft Registration
D-ABVU
Aircraft Type
Boeing 747-400
ICAO Type Designator
B744
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