Lufthansa B748 at Frankfurt on Aug 4th 2015, wheel well fire indication
Last Update: August 5, 2015 / 09:19:20 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Aug 4, 2015
Classification
Incident
Airline
Lufthansa
Flight number
LH-500
Departure
Frankfurt/Main, Germany
Destination
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Aircraft Registration
D-ABYA
Aircraft Type
Boeing 747-8
ICAO Type Designator
B748
The flight was postponed to the following day, a replacement Boeing 747-800 registration D-ABYO departed Frankfurt with a delay of 12 hours.
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Aug 4, 2015
Classification
Incident
Airline
Lufthansa
Flight number
LH-500
Departure
Frankfurt/Main, Germany
Destination
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Aircraft Registration
D-ABYA
Aircraft Type
Boeing 747-8
ICAO Type Designator
B748
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