Lufthansa B748 near Manchester on Aug 7th 2015, wheel well fire indication
Last Update: August 7, 2015 / 20:13:52 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Aug 7, 2015
Classification
Incident
Airline
Lufthansa
Flight number
LH-404
Departure
Frankfurt/Main, Germany
Destination
New York JFK, United States
Aircraft Registration
D-ABYA
Aircraft Type
Boeing 747-8
ICAO Type Designator
B748
The aircraft had another wheel well fire indication 3 days earlier, see Incident: Lufthansa B748 at Frankfurt on Aug 4th 2015, wheel well fire indication.
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Aug 7, 2015
Classification
Incident
Airline
Lufthansa
Flight number
LH-404
Departure
Frankfurt/Main, Germany
Destination
New York JFK, United States
Aircraft Registration
D-ABYA
Aircraft Type
Boeing 747-8
ICAO Type Designator
B748
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