Lufthansa B748 near Shannon on Sep 30th 2016, first officer incapacitated
Last Update: March 15, 2017 / 16:57:33 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Sep 30, 2016
Classification
Incident
Airline
Lufthansa
Flight number
LH-402
Departure
Frankfurt/Main, Germany
Destination
Newark, United States
Aircraft Registration
D-ABYA
Aircraft Type
Boeing 747-8
ICAO Type Designator
B748
A passenger reported the captain announced the first officer had become sick and the aircraft would need to return to Frankfurt.
The occurrence aircraft remained on the ground in Frankfurt for 19 hours before resuming service.
On Mar 15th 2017 Germany's BFU reported in their September 2016 bulletin, that no investigation was opened into the occurrence even though rated a serious incident.
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Sep 30, 2016
Classification
Incident
Airline
Lufthansa
Flight number
LH-402
Departure
Frankfurt/Main, Germany
Destination
Newark, United States
Aircraft Registration
D-ABYA
Aircraft Type
Boeing 747-8
ICAO Type Designator
B748
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