A Lufthansa flight operating from Tel Aviv to Frankfurt has declared an emergency in the last few moments, whilst transiting Bosnian airspace en route.
Lufthansa flight LH691, an Airbus A321-200 operating a scheduled service from Tel Aviv (TLV) to Frankfurt (FRA) declared a general emergency, squawking transponder code 7700 whilst en route over Bosnian airspace.
![Flight plan track of LH691 from Tel Aviv to Frankfurt.](https://aviationsourcenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Screenshot-2023-09-04-062429-1024x514.jpg)
The flight is currently in Croatia’s Zagreb flight information region, and is making good a diversion to Zagreb Airport (ZAG).
![Flight plan track of LH691 from Tel Aviv to Frankfurt.](https://aviationsourcenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Screenshot-2023-09-04-063924-1024x515.jpg)
Weather for the flight’s arrival into Zagreb as at 07:30 local time is visual conditions (VFR) with clear sky with light winds and visibility 10 kilometres or more.
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Flight LH691 is now established on final approach for RWY04 Zagreb Aiport (ZAG).
![Flight plan track of LH691 from Tel Aviv to Frankfurt, showing diversion to Zagreb.](https://aviationsourcenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Screenshot-2023-09-04-064530-1024x515.jpg)
Data for this morning’s flight shows LH691 made a slightly delayed departure out of Tel Aviv; showing an actual time of departure of 05:39 IDT against a scheduled departure time of 04:50 IDT.
The flight then proceeded normally, climbing to a cruising altitude of FL360 (36,000 feet) and establishing on flight plan track for Frankfurt.
The aircraft then declared a general emergency with the activation of transponder code 7700 whilst descending through FL240 (24,000 feet) whilst over Bosnia.
The aircraft in question is Airbus A321-271NX registered D-AIEO; a one-year old aircraft belonging to the carrier Lufthansa.
Update
The cause of the diversion to Zagreb on September 4 is reported to be a failure of the right hand engine, a PW1133G. The crew reported the failure approximately 160nm to the southeast of Zagreb, and shut the engine down.
The crew initiated a driftdown to FL200 (20,000 feet) and elected to make a diversion into Zagreb.
Source: RadarBox.com
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