A Lufthansa A350 operating flight #LH412 to Newark dumped fuel and returned to Munich

AIRLIVE — Wed, 28 Aug 2024 06:40:12 +0000

Lufthansa flight #LH412 to Newark was forced to return to Munich following a technical issue.

The Lufthansa flight #LH412 departed Munich at 17: CEST Tuesday, August 27 2024 for a scheduled 8 hours and 40 minutes flight to Newark.

The flight was operated by an Airbus 350-900 (registration D-AIXH) which was delivered in 2018 to the airline.

Lufthansa Airbus A350 (D-AIXH) at Franz Josef Strauss Airport (MUC/EDDM) in Munich on 28 May 2019. Credit: Andrzej Otrębski

After a bit more than one hour into the flight, the aircraft turned around over UK. the crew decided to return to MUC due to a technical issue.

In order to lower weight for a safe landing, the pilots had to dump fuel before starting the final approach to MUC.

While holding 15,000 ft, the aircraft dumped/burned fuel during about 1 hour and 30 minutes.

The flight returned to Munich 4 hours after departure from Terminal 2, gate L26. The plane landed on runway 08R at 20:00 CEST.

The flight was cancelled.