Lufthansa A388 near San Francisco and Frankfurt on Feb 11th 2018, fumes on board
Last Update: February 22, 2018 / 23:09:26 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Feb 11, 2018
Classification
Accident
Cause
Fumes on board
Airline
Lufthansa
Flight number
LH-455
Departure
San Francisco, United States
Destination
Frankfurt/Main, Germany
Aircraft Registration
D-AIML
Aircraft Type
Airbus A380-800
ICAO Type Designator
A388
According to information The Aviation Herald received an oil leak at engine #3 (Trent 970) is being suspected as cause of the odour.
Germany's BFU reported on Feb 22nd 2018, that they have been notified about the occurrence. They did not rate the occurrence as an accident or serious incident, hence no investigation has been opened.
The occurrence aircraft is still on the ground in Frankfurt 10 days later undergoing scheduled maintenance.
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Feb 11, 2018
Classification
Accident
Cause
Fumes on board
Airline
Lufthansa
Flight number
LH-455
Departure
San Francisco, United States
Destination
Frankfurt/Main, Germany
Aircraft Registration
D-AIML
Aircraft Type
Airbus A380-800
ICAO Type Designator
A388
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