As reported by The Aviation Herald, passengers on final evening’s Lufthansa flight from Boston to Munich had been in for fairly an journey….
Lufthansa A340 returns to Boston as a consequence of engine points
On Tuesday, November 8, 2022, Lufthansa flight LH425 was scheduled to function from Boston (BOS) to Munich (MUC), with an preliminary departure time of 8:05PM. The flight was operated by a roughly 16-year-old Airbus A340-600 with the license plate D-AIHP.
Curiously this aircraft solely returned to service in mid-August 2022, after being in storage for an prolonged time frame. Lufthansa was speculated to retire its fleet of A340-600s, however introduced again a handful of them quickly, till the airline takes supply of Munich-based A350s with top notch. I digress…
The flight departed Boston as deliberate, although stopped its climb at 27,000 toes. 12 minutes later, round 190 nautical miles east of Boston, the pilots suggested air site visitors controllers that they wanted to return to Boston as a consequence of engine points.
The A340 needed to dump some gasoline, and landed safely again in Boston just below 80 minutes after it departed.
Lufthansa A340 returns to Boston a second time
Roughly 3.5 hours after returning to Boston, and presumably after troubleshooting the difficulty, Lufthansa gave this flight one other shot. Whereas I’m positive the delay was irritating, passengers had been presumably comfortable that it regarded like they’d nonetheless get underway to their vacation spot.
The flight took off, and climbed to 27,000 toes. Wanna guess what occurred subsequent? Yep, the aircraft stopped its climb… once more. This time round pilots reported a minor engine difficulty, and mentioned they needed to return to Boston once more. The aircraft as soon as once more dumped gasoline, and landed again in Boston simply over an hour after it departed. At this level it was after 2AM, and the flight was canceled.
Backside line
Passengers on a transatlantic Lufthansa A340 flight had a reasonably eventful journey to nowhere. The A340 took off from Boston as deliberate, had an engine difficulty, dumped gasoline, and returned to Boston. After almost 4 hours, the A340 took off once more, had an engine difficulty once more, dumped gasoline once more, and returned to Boston once more.
It’s form of superb what number of double diversions to the identical airport we’ve seen in current weeks, together with a Finnair A330 to Helsinki, an Aer Lingus A330 to Hartford, and a TUI 737 to Brussels.
What do you make of this Lufthansa A340 diversion?
(Tip of the hat to Klaus)
