ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 249147
Last updated: 28 November 2021
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| Date: | 15-MAR-2021 |
| Time: | c. 19:45 LT |
| Type: |  Airbus A340-313 |
| Owner/operator: | Lufthansa |
| Registration: | D-AIFD |
| MSN: | 390 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | None |
| Category: | Incident |
| Location: | near Cancún -
 Mexico
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Cancún Airport (CUN/MMUN) |
| Frankfurt International Airport (FRA/EDDF) |
Lufthansa flight LH515, an Airbus A340-313, turned back to land at MMUN after suffering a loss of engine power of engine no.3.
The aircraft had departed MMUN at 00:10 UTC March 16 (19:10 local time, March 15). At 00:45 UTC, while flying west of Havana, Cuba, the flight crew elected to turn back. A safe landing ws carried out back at MMUN at 01:53 UTC
The incident aircraft was ferried back to Frankfurt on 26 March 2021.
Sources:
https://www.bea.aero/en/investigation-reports/notified-events/detail/incident-to-the-airbus-a340-registered-d-aifd-operated-by-lufthansa-on-16-03-2021-en-route/
https://www.flightradar24.com/data/aircraft/d-aifd#271a98df
Images:
Photo of D-AIFD courtesy AirHistory.net
Frankfurt am Main (EDDF / FRA / FRF)
11 September 2019; (c) David Unsworth
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 26-Mar-2021 10:34 | harro | Added |
| 26-Mar-2021 10:35 | harro | Updated [Location, Narrative] |
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