Lufthansa B744 near Frankfurt on Sep 11th 2016, hydraulic failure

Last Update: September 11, 2016 / 21:11:06 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Sep 11, 2016

Classification
Incident

Cause
Hydraulic failure

Airline
Lufthansa

Flight number
LH-464

Departure
Frankfurt/Main, Germany

Destination
Orlando, United States

Aircraft Registration
D-ABVM

Aircraft Type
Boeing 747-400

ICAO Type Designator
B744

A Lufthansa Boeing 747-400, registration D-ABVM performing flight LH-464 from Frankfurt/Main (Germany) to Orlando,FL (USA), was climbing out of Frankfurt's runway 25C when the crew stopped the climb at FL230 reporting a hydraulic failure. The aircraft entered a hold at FL200 to dump fuel and landed safely back on Frankfurt's runway 25C about 80 minutes after departure.

A replacement Boeing 747-400 registration D-ABVR is estimated to reach Orlando with a delay of 4.5 hours.

Passengers reported the captain announced a hydraulic failure in one of the engines.

The airline reported the aircraft returned due to technical problems, another aircraft is now on the way to Orlando.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Sep 11, 2016

Classification
Incident

Cause
Hydraulic failure

Airline
Lufthansa

Flight number
LH-464

Departure
Frankfurt/Main, Germany

Destination
Orlando, United States

Aircraft Registration
D-ABVM

Aircraft Type
Boeing 747-400

ICAO Type Designator
B744

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