Lufthansa A343 near London on Dec 22nd 2015, failure of air conditioning

Last Update: December 24, 2015 / 15:04:45 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Dec 22, 2015

Classification
Incident

Airline
Lufthansa

Flight number
LH-514

Destination
Cancun, Mexico

Aircraft Registration
D-AIGW

Aircraft Type
Airbus A340-300

ICAO Type Designator
A343

A Lufthansa Airbus A340-300, registration D-AIGW performing flight LH-514 from Frankfurt/Main (Germany) to Cancun (Mexico) with 251 passenges, was enroute at FL340 about 5nm north of London's City Airport,EN (UK) when the crew decided to return to Frankfurt due to problems with the air conditioning systems on board. The aircraft landed safely back in Frankfurt about 1:50 hours later.

A replacement A340-300 registration D-AIGO departed about 3 hours after landing and reached Cancun with a delay of 5 hours.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Dec 22, 2015

Classification
Incident

Airline
Lufthansa

Flight number
LH-514

Destination
Cancun, Mexico

Aircraft Registration
D-AIGW

Aircraft Type
Airbus A340-300

ICAO Type Designator
A343

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