A Lufthansa plane was on its way from Munich to Chicago.
Due to technical problems, however, she had to turn back over Scotland and made a low flight over Cologne / Bonn Airport.
Update from September 15, 10:41 p.m.:
New developments around flight DLH2C.
As
avherald
reports, shortly after Glasgow in Scotland the crew of the A350 was informed that a tire had probably burst at the start in Munich.
That is why it was decided on board to return to Munich.
It is also said that the reason for the low flight over Cologne-Bonn Airport was probably a precautionary measure to simulate a landing with the landing gear extended.
Lufthansa flight DLH2C: machine has to turn back - reason for low-level flight now known
Since you
could not land
- back above Munich Airport - due to too much fuel in the tank
(see first report below)
, a few laps had to be made over Franz Josef Strauss Airport.
When that was done, the plane then set course for Frankfurt Airport, where it landed safely at around 10:20 p.m.
First report from September 15, 2021
Munich - A Lufthansa A350 aircraft was on its way from Munich to Chicago in the USA on Wednesday, September 15.
Due to technical problems, however, the plane had to turn back over Scotland.
On the way back to Munich, the A350 then made a spectacular low-level flight over Cologne / Bonn Airport.
Why there were technical problems has not yet been clarified.
Lufthansa flight to Chicago: plane has to turn around - spectacular low-altitude flight over Cologne
As reported by 24rhein.de *, the DLH2C flight started in the afternoon at 4 p.m. for Chicago.
According to information from flightradar24, the machine then had to cross the Atlantic, at the level of Scotland, back towards Munich Airport.
On the return flight there was then a low flight over Cologne / Bonn Airport.
It is not yet clear why the Lufthansa plane started doing this.
VIDEO / INCIDENT: Lufthansa # LH434 Munich-Chicago (Airbus A350 D-AIXK) turned back over Scotland at 1600UTC, made a gear down, low pass at Cologne & is now burning fuel for a return to MUC.
Reason not yet known.https: //t.co/GTfI9qEvi9https: //t.co/e9lQglEKgb
(c) Cologne Airport pic.twitter.com/tz2Ma488Q3
- Airport Webcams (@AirportWebcams) September 15, 2021
Lufthansa flight from Munich to Chicago: technical problems force the machine to return
Due to the planned long-haul flight to the USA, the tank was too full to land at the beginning.
Blowing off the fuel was too dangerous, so the machine had to make a few more laps over Munich.
The plane has now landed safely.
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