A Lufthansa flight experienced an undercarriage fire after arriving at its parking stand at New Delhi Airport.

The flight #LH762 departed Munich, Germany for a 7-hour flight to New Delhi on Monday, July 1 2024 carrying around 490 passengers.

A wheel of a Lufthansa A380 caught fire during the landing process at Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGIA).

Fire trucks rushed to the Airbus A380 (registration D-AIMC) after it arrived at its parking stand.

Since the plane had to undergo checks and spare parts were not immediately available, the return flight to Munich was cancelled.

The Lufthansa spokesperson said the aircraft D-AIMC is scheduled to operate flight #LH763 to Munich on July 3.

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Lufthansa’s sixth A380 D-AIMB has left storage in Teruel on a positioning flight to Frankfurt.

The 14 year-old A380 has left Teruel Airport in Spain Friday, May 31 2024 in the afternoon for a 2-hour flight to Frankfurt performing a classic wing wave.

The plane was in storage for years due to Covid and global aviation situation.

Lufthansa A380 aircraft already in service:

• D-AIMK
• D-AIML
• D-AIMM
• D-AIMN
• D-AIMH

Lufthansa announced last year that a total of eight A380s will operate from their Munich hub from 2025.

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A Boeing 747-8 from Mexico City to Frankfurt diverted to Manchester Airport.

The flight #LH499 departed MEX Airport Saturday, May 18 2024 and was supposed to land at Frankfurt about 10 hours later.

But in the early hours of the afternoon, spotters were happy to welcome the “Queen” in a rare sight at Manchester.

While cruising at 39,000 ft, the crew contacted ATC regarding an urgent medical emergency on board.

The Boeing aircraft (registration D-ABYO) was vectored to Manchester where it landed 30 minutes later at 12:00 pm BST.

The 10 year-old aircraft resumed the flight to FRA Airport at 15:00 BST and landed at FRA Airport at 18:08 CEST.

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A Boeing 747-8 bounced on the runway while landing attempt at Los Angeles LAX.

The flight #LH456 departed Frankfurt at 11:20 CEST this Tuesday, April 23 2024 for a 13-hour flight to Los Angeles.

The flight was operated by a 9 year-old Boeing 747-8 (registration D-ABYP).

The aircraft, on final approach to runway 24R, made a hard landing forcing the pilots to go-around.

The event was caught on YouTube by AIRLINE VIDEOS at 1:05pm PDT. The Boeing 747-8 landed safely on the same runway about 15 minutes later.

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The Airbus A350-900 (registration D-AIVC) departed Munich at 17:19 CEST and climbed to 36,000 ft when the crew declared an emergency over Frankfurt.

The aircraft performed a quick descent and was vectored to Frankfurt when it landed 30 minutes after the pilots squawked 7700.

The airline confirmed the flight diverted to Area A at Frankfurt Airport.

According to our sources, the flight will not resume from Frankfurt and is now cancelled.

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Lufthansa flight #LH402 departed terminal 1 at Frankfurt about one hour late Thursday, April 11 2024.

The flight was operated by a 9 year-old Boeing 747-8 (registration D-ABYR).

For a reason still unclear, while on approach to Newark Airport at 15,000 ft the crew decided to divert to Boston.

The aircraft landed on runway 4R after 9 hour-flight at 6:00pm EDT.

But 18 hours later, it looks like passengers are still stranded in Boston. The Boeing aircraft is still on the ground at Logan International Airport.

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The German airline Lufthansa has announced that it will be suspending further flights to and from the Iranian Capital of Tehran due to the current tensions in the Middle East.

The flights LH600 and LHR601 are operated by Airbus 340-300 aircraft from/to Frankfurt and Tehran. However they have already been cancelled since 6th April 2024.

Lufthansa said it had suspended flights to and from Tehran until probably April 13, extending its suspension by two days.

UPDATE April 11, 2024 10:55 UTC
Austrian Airlines – which is owned by Lufthansa – is still planning to fly #OS871 on Thursday to Teheran but it looks the flight will leave late.

Tensions between Iran and Israel

Countries in the region and the United States have been on high alert and preparing for a possible attack by Iran in response to the April 1 airstrike on the Iranian consulate in Syria suspected to have been conducted by Israeli warplanes.

Confusion during past night

An Iranian news agency had published an Arabic report on the social media platform X saying all airspace over Tehran had been closed for military drills, but then removed the report and denied issuing such news.

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The incident occurred on Tuesday (4 April 2023) at noon as the ground-handling truck rolled over under the Lufthansa Airbus A340-300 aircraft. The driver driving the catering truck at Frankfurt Airport struck it under the Right Hand (RH) engine.

The extent of damage to the aircraft is not yet known. However, the ground-handling catering truck was severely damaged. The truck rolled and hit the apron area at FRA.

https://twitter.com/HavaSosyalMedya/status/1643670087063281687?s=20

HavaSosyalMedya reports the incident, and they have shared the images from the incident site. Furthermore, it is visible in the Image the truck made contact with the right engine of LH A340.

The registration of the Lufthansa A340 airliner is not shown in the Image. Luckily, no injuries were reported to anyone on the ground or inside the truck.

According to Jetstream, a Twitter user, the aircraft involved in the incident was Lufthansa A340-300 having registration D-AIGP. The source further revealed that the mishap took place at the LH maintenance hangar at FRA.

The Truck belonged to Lufthansa’s LSG catering company. Furthermore, Lufthansa has recently sold its remaining catering unit of  LSG group to AURELIUS Group.

The ground crew then towed the A340. It was then moved to a hangar for maintenance and repair work.

The tail of Lufthansa Airbus A319 was damaged at Frankfurt Airport in Germany.

Another Lufthansa Incident

This is not the first time a ground vehicle hits a Lufthansa airliner. The tail of the Lufthansa Airbus A319 aircraft was found damaged at Frankfurt airport in August 2019.

The registration of Lufthansa A319 was D-AILR, and it landed after taking off from Vilnius and operated as Flight #LH897.

The damage occurred due to a wrong manoeuvre by the driver operating the mobile stairs. Furthermore, the mobile stairs hit the LH A319 on the tail from the right side, and the aircraft was severely damaged by it.

What do you think about this incident? Who is at fault? Let us know in the comments on our social media pages. Likewise, we will keep you posted about such incidents and accidents.

Also Read, Lufthansa Boeing 747-8 makes an emergency landing amid technical problems – AIRLIVE.

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Lufthansa (LH) Boeing 747-8 took off from Frankfurt at 10:50 CEST and crossed Ireland. However, the pilot decided to return to Frankfurt amid mechanical problems associated with the hydraulic system.

After dumping fuel over the Celtic sea to avoid heavy landing, flight LH462 returned to Frankfurt Airport. The Radarbox spotted the aircraft track and shared them on Twitter.

Lufthansa flight #LH462 from Frankfurt to Miami is returning to Frankfurt: https://t.co/Vsfwk8YKyd ✈️#Lufthansa #Frankfurt #Miami #Diversion pic.twitter.com/sZh0U3rG4L

— RadarBox (@RadarBoxCom) April 3, 2023

Lufthansa Boeing 747-8 Emergency landing

Avherald reported the incident and stated, During its flight from Frankfurt/Main, Germany to Miami, FL, USA, a Lufthansa Boeing 747-8 aircraft with registration D-ABYG encountered a hydraulic problem while en route to Oceanic Airspace over the Atlantic Ocean, about 220 nautical miles northwest of Shannon, Ireland.

As a result, the crew decided to return to Frankfurt. After receiving a revised flight plan from dispatch, the plane climbed to FL350 but had to dump fuel at altitude as it was too heavy to land in Frankfurt.

The aircraft descended to FL310 for the fuel dump and was then vectored to fly southwards before the coast of Ireland.

After dumping the fuel, the plane returned to Frankfurt and landed with open gear doors on runway 07C. The plane landed approximately 2 hours and 40 minutes after deciding to return to Frankfurt.

Boeing 747-8 Problems

Earlier in 2014, Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) issued a new airworthiness directive for specific Boeing 747-8 and 747-8F planes powered by certain General Electric Co engines.

The directive mandates the replacement of faulty software with an improved version. This was the fourth such directive issued for the 747-8, and it applied to seven aircraft in the US.

Similar to the latest incident, A Polar Air Cargo Boeing 747-8 freighter, registration N857GT performed flight PO-213 from Cincinnati, KY (USA) to Tokyo Narita (Japan). When it was nearing the top of descent towards Tokyo about 40 minutes prior to the estimated landing when the crew reported a hydraulic failure.

The aircraft continued for a safe landing on runway 16R and stopped on the runway with open gear doors.

Another incident involved QR, Qatar Airways Boeing 747-8F suffered the hydraulic system 1 failure when the aircraft was descending towards Doha. The hydraulic system failure had depleted all its hydraulic fluid.

The three-year-old Boeing 747-8F, with registration A7-BGB, was inspected by the engineers. The inspection determined that engine number 1 needs to be replaced.

Also Read, INCIDENT A Lufthansa Boeing 747-8 makes emergency landing in Chicago after a laptop catches fire – AIRLIVE.

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The Lufthansa A380 (reg. D-AIMM) has left Teruel Airport in Spain to Frankfurt’s airline hub.

The airline is reactivating 6 of its 14 A380s to be ready for summer program.

From the airline’s hub in Munich, initial destinations will New York-JFK, Boston and Los Angeles starting in June.

Despegue de un A380 y un A340 con destino a Frankfurt desde el aeropuerto de Teruel @aeropuerteruel @TeruelAirport
Los grandes de la aviación retoman el vuelo. pic.twitter.com/TX50ADYrXQ

— Aeropuerto de Teruel, vuela la innovación (@aeropuerteruel) February 3, 2023

An older airliner A340 (reg. D-AIHX) is also leaving storage, with a nice wings wave on takeoff.

However the A340 is suffering a technical issue and after holding, pilots decided to divert to Toulouse.

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Currently, Lufthansa Group has eight A380-800s, 43 A340s, and eight 747-400s in its fleet. However, the majority of these four-engined planes are already temporarily parked including all of the A380s.

However, the German flag carrier may keep a handful of younger A340-600s preserving capacity for busier routes, the people familiar said.

This latest fleet cuts plan would surpass the 100 aircraft reduction so far confirmed by Lufthansa. In addition, Lufthansa will also lay-off much more staff than the 22,000 initially announced.

Lufthansa reported a $1.78 billion loss from January to June. Lufthansa was one of the first airlines to suspend flights and ground the majority of its aircraft amid the coronavirus pandemic.

However, Lufthansa has not commented on this topic.

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