Lufthansa B744 near New York on Aug 1st 2015, engine shut down in flight

Last Update: August 7, 2015 / 21:41:58 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Aug 1, 2015

Classification
Incident

Cause
Engine shut down in flight

Airline
Lufthansa

Flight number
LH-465

Departure
Orlando, United States

Destination
Frankfurt/Main, Germany

Aircraft Registration
D-ABVR

Aircraft Type
Boeing 747-400

ICAO Type Designator
B744

A Lufthansa Boeing 747-400, registration D-ABVR performing flight LH-465 from Orlando,FL (USA) to Frankfurt/Main (Germany), was enroute at FL340 about 135nm east of New York JFK,NY (USA) when the crew requested to descent to FL310 reporting a problem with the #1 engine (CF6, outboard left hand engine), shortly afterwards the crew declared emergency reporting the engine was shut down due to engine failure, the crew initially planned to divert to Boston,MA (USA) but subsequently decided to divert to New York's JFK Airport. The aircraft landed safely on JFK's runway 31L about 90 minutes after leaving FL340.

The aircraft remained on the ground in New York until Aug 7th.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Aug 1, 2015

Classification
Incident

Cause
Engine shut down in flight

Airline
Lufthansa

Flight number
LH-465

Departure
Orlando, United States

Destination
Frankfurt/Main, Germany

Aircraft Registration
D-ABVR

Aircraft Type
Boeing 747-400

ICAO Type Designator
B744

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