In the airspace over Cuba, passengers on a Lufthansa plane experience a shock.
An engine fails and the machine has to turn around.
Cancún / Frankfurt am Main - Passengers on a Lufthansa flight had to survive a horror at a height of thousands of meters.
On a flight from Mexico to Frankfurt Airport on March 16, 2021, an engine on the Lufthansa plane failed.
At this point the machine was over Cuba.
The Lufthansa cockpit crew therefore decided not to continue the flight to Germany.
They returned to the departure airport in Cancun, Mexico, for security reasons.
Shock at Lufthansa: engine fails and the plane has to turn back
The pilots of the Lufthansa machine noticed problems with one of four engines after about an hour of flight time.
According to Lufthansa *, the problems with the engine were not visible through external factors such as fire or smoke.
The pilots switched off the fourth engine and decided to fly back to Mexico immediately for the safety of passengers and crew.
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A Lufthansa plane lands at Cologne / Bonn Airport.
© Federico Gambarini / dpa
Lufthansa machine has to make an alternative landing - engine fails
The reversal of a flight as a result of the shutdown of an engine is a standard procedure, as the press spokesman for Lufthansa, Michael Lamberty, announced on request.
It was not an emergency landing, but an alternative landing to ensure the safety of the passengers.
An engine failure would be very rare, Lamberty also said.
Lufthansa |
Airline |
Headquarters |
Cologne |
Home airport |
airport Frankfurt |
Callsign |
LUFTHANSA |
Start-up |
1953 |
IATA code |
LH |
Lufthansa: Machine has to turn back via Cuba due to engine failure
The passengers were safely returned to the terminal at Cancun Airport.
The next day they started their return flight to Frankfurt.
A cargo plane was diverted for this purpose.
The Lufthansa aircraft, an Airbus A340-300, is now in Mexico.
The engine of the Lufthansa machine has already been replaced.
During the repair of the engine it was also found that a spare part had to be replaced.
That is why, according to Lufthansa, today (March 25th, 2021) a plane is on its way from Frankfurt * to Mexico to deliver the crucial spare part.
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