It has emerged that a Lufthansa Airbus A320 & A380 both suffered incidents in the same day at Munich Airport yesterday.
Information has been released pertinent to both incidents from the airline, which we will get into in this article.
Without further ado, let’s get into it…
Incident #1 – Lufthansa Airbus A320…
Before we get into the incident involving the Lufthansa Airbus A380, let’s get into the A320 one first.
Lufthansa flight LH2263, operated by their Airbus A320, is a routine scheduled flight between Marseille and Munich Airport.
The aircraft involved in the incident is understood to be D-AIUJ.
As per data from Planespotters.net, D-AIUJ is a 9.8 year old Airbus A320 that was delivered to the airline in October 2014.
Of the A320ceo variant, Lufthansa has 49 in their fleet.
Furthermore, of that 49, all but one are in active service, with an average fleet age of 11.8 years.
LH2263 departed Marseille at 1402 local time yesterday and proceeded to Munich Airport uneventfully.
As per The Aviation Herald, it is understood this incident took place on landing.
During the roll out after landing, the aircraft’s nose gear rotated 90 degrees to the right.
Furthermore, this disabled the aircraft on the runway, resulting in that strip being closed for around two hours.
Eventually, the aircraft was towed to the apron, with D-AIUJ still grounded following this incident.
Incident #2 – The Airbus A380 Returned to Munich Airport…
Not long after the Lufthansa Airbus A320 incident, one of their A380 aircraft was affected with an issue.
This particular airframe was operating LH410 from Munich Airport to New York JFK Airport.
Furthermore, it is understood that D-AIMK was the aircraft involved in the incident.
As per data from Planespotters.net, D-AIMK is a 10.8 year old Airbus A380 that was delivered to Lufthansa in March 2014.
Of the A380 variant, the German carrier has eight of them in their fleet.
Moreover, of that eight, six are in active service, and two are parked, with an average fleet age of 12.3 years.
Lufthansa flight LH410 departed Munich Airport at 1435 local time yesterday afternoon and initially tracked west towards New York.
Near the Manchester & Liverpool area, the aircraft made a swift u-turn back to the German airport.
LH410 landed safely without further incident at 1747 local time.
The Aviation Herald reports that the cause of the diversion back to the airport was due to hydraulic problems.
D-AIMK re-entered commercial service earlier this morning, and completed the sector to New York.
Overall…
In conclusion, it was a busy day for Lufthansa out of Munich Airport with these two incidents.
They were able to get the Airbus A380 fixed pretty quickly, but the A320 still remains grounded at this present time.
It is key to note that the two incidents aren’t related to each other, and just happened to be a coincidence.
Looking ahead, all eyes will be on whether there will be anymore incidents involving their aircraft in the short-term.
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