Lufthansa A321 near Riga on Jul 29th 2012, smoke in cabin

Last Update: July 29, 2012 / 14:04:30 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Jul 29, 2012

Classification
Incident

Airline
Lufthansa

Flight number
LH-1461

Aircraft Registration
D-AIDK

Aircraft Type
Airbus A321

ICAO Type Designator
A321

A Lufthansa Airbus A321-200, registration D-AIDK performing flight LH-1461 from St. Petersburg (Russia) to Frankfurt/Main (Germany), was enroute at FL340 about 70nm north of Riga (Latvia) when the crew reported smoke in the cabin and diverted to Riga for a safe landing about 25 minutes later. Responding emergency services found no trace of fire or heat.

Following examinations the aircraft was able to continue the journey and reached Frankfurt with a delay of 5 hours.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Jul 29, 2012

Classification
Incident

Airline
Lufthansa

Flight number
LH-1461

Aircraft Registration
D-AIDK

Aircraft Type
Airbus A321

ICAO Type Designator
A321

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