Lufthansa A388 near Miami on Dec 10th 2015, smell of smoke
Last Update: December 15, 2015 / 22:40:41 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Dec 10, 2015
Classification
Incident
Airline
Lufthansa
Flight number
LH-463
Departure
Miami, United States
Destination
Frankfurt/Main, Germany
Aircraft Registration
D-AIMJ
Aircraft Type
Airbus A380-800
ICAO Type Designator
A388
A passenger reported they were about 30 minutes into the flight, the aircraft already over the Bahamas, when they smelled smoke. The aircraft soon turned around and returned to Miami dumping fuel on the way back.
The aircraft remained on the ground in Miami for about 51 hours then positioned to Frankfurt as flight LH-9923 and after further checks in Frankfurt resumed service the same day, Dec 13th 2015, about 72 hours after landing back in Miami.
On Dec 15th 2015 The Aviation Herald received information that maintenance was unable to reproduce the problem or identify any source/cause of the smell.
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Dec 10, 2015
Classification
Incident
Airline
Lufthansa
Flight number
LH-463
Departure
Miami, United States
Destination
Frankfurt/Main, Germany
Aircraft Registration
D-AIMJ
Aircraft Type
Airbus A380-800
ICAO Type Designator
A388
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