Lufthansa A319 at Frankfurt on Jul 1st 2017, odour in cockpit
Last Update: July 2, 2017 / 18:32:02 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Jul 1, 2017
Classification
Incident
Airline
Lufthansa
Flight number
LH-144
Departure
Frankfurt/Main, Germany
Destination
Nuremberg, Germany
Aircraft Registration
D-AILC
Aircraft Type
Airbus A319
ICAO Type Designator
A319
A passenger reported the flight was already delayed due to an aircraft change. The captain announced that during cold start of the aircraft a computer was hung. Maintenance accessed the avionics bay to perform a system reset. A few minutes after departure the captain came on stating that it did not make sense to continue the flight, they would return to Frankfurt. The aircraft landed back with emergency services on stand by, the captain then announced that both pilots had noticed an unusual odour in the cockpit. The flight was cancelled, the passengers supplied train tickets to Nuremberg.
The occurrence aircraft had already returned to Frankfurt on Jun 29th 2017 while performing flight LH-148 to Nuremberg and remained on the ground until needed as replacement aircraft for LH-144 on Jul 1st 2017.
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Jul 1, 2017
Classification
Incident
Airline
Lufthansa
Flight number
LH-144
Departure
Frankfurt/Main, Germany
Destination
Nuremberg, Germany
Aircraft Registration
D-AILC
Aircraft Type
Airbus A319
ICAO Type Designator
A319
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