Lufthansa A346 near Halifax on Jun 30th 2012, engine shut down in flight
Last Update: July 17, 2012 / 19:09:59 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Jun 30, 2012
Classification
Incident
Airline
Lufthansa
Flight number
LH-425
Departure
Boston, United States
Destination
Munich, Germany
Aircraft Registration
D-AIHU
Aircraft Type
Airbus A340-600
ICAO Type Designator
A346
Transport Canada reported the aircraft was enroute near 4519N/6134W when the crew requested to descend from FL370 to FL350 due to engine #2 being shut down, however, provided an occurrence date of Jul 3rd 2012. Flight LH-425 of that day however climbed to FL390 at about that position, the flight LH-425 departing Jul 2nd (Jul 3rd Zulu) maintained FL370 and later climbed to FL390.
On Jul 17th 2012 the Canadian TSB reported the crew received multiple ECAM warnings for the #2 engine, the crew shut the engine down as a precaution and continued to destination. Maintenance replaced the #2 engine's electronic engine control.
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Jun 30, 2012
Classification
Incident
Airline
Lufthansa
Flight number
LH-425
Departure
Boston, United States
Destination
Munich, Germany
Aircraft Registration
D-AIHU
Aircraft Type
Airbus A340-600
ICAO Type Designator
A346
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