Lufthansa B748 at Buenos Aires on Mar 31st 2017, rejected takeoff due to engine stall
Last Update: April 5, 2017 / 22:43:23 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Mar 31, 2017
Classification
Incident
Cause
Rejected takeoff
Airline
Lufthansa
Flight number
LH-511
Departure
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Destination
Frankfurt/Main, Germany
Aircraft Registration
D-ABYL
Aircraft Type
Boeing 747-8
ICAO Type Designator
B748
The aircraft remained on the ground for about 55 hours, then departed for the return flight as LH-511D on Apr 2nd 2017 and reached Frankfurt on Apr 3rd with a total delay of 54 hours.
A passenger reported the takeoff was rejected because of a "fire-breathing turbine", the captain announced an engine stall. The flight was cancelled and rescheduled for Apr 2nd 2017.
Another passenger tweeted on Apr 1st 2017 that the Lufthansa had confirmed another flight but cancelled it without information, there was a hotel booking chaos.
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Mar 31, 2017
Classification
Incident
Cause
Rejected takeoff
Airline
Lufthansa
Flight number
LH-511
Departure
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Destination
Frankfurt/Main, Germany
Aircraft Registration
D-ABYL
Aircraft Type
Boeing 747-8
ICAO Type Designator
B748
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