Lufthansa B744 over Atlantic on Oct 18th 2016, smoke in cockpit
Last Update: October 19, 2016 / 20:04:54 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Oct 18, 2016
Classification
Incident
Cause
Smoke in cockpit
Airline
Lufthansa
Flight number
LH-464
Departure
Frankfurt/Main, Germany
Destination
Orlando, United States
Aircraft Registration
D-ABVS
Aircraft Type
Boeing 747-400
ICAO Type Designator
B744
The airline reported the crew decided to divert to Newfoundland due to smoke in the cockpit.
A replacement Boeing 747-400 registration D-ABVT was dispatched to Gander as flight LH-9930, departed Gander as flight LH-464 about 22 hours after D-ABVS landed in Gander and is estimated to reach Orlando with a total delay of 25 hours.
First gossip suggests one of the cockpit seat actuators was the source of the smoke.
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Oct 18, 2016
Classification
Incident
Cause
Smoke in cockpit
Airline
Lufthansa
Flight number
LH-464
Departure
Frankfurt/Main, Germany
Destination
Orlando, United States
Aircraft Registration
D-ABVS
Aircraft Type
Boeing 747-400
ICAO Type Designator
B744
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