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Lufthansa flight LH460 to Miami: fire alarm in A380! Defective fan heater is the cause – news

Anxious hours for 266 passengers and crew on board flight LH460 from Munich to Miami!

A Lufthansa aircraft turned over on Thursday due to an air emergency over the Atlantic. A spokesman confirmed to BILD that there had been a fire alarm in the A380. At shortly before 5 p.m. the plane has landed again at the departure airport in Munich.

Initially, a safety landing was planned at Charles-de-Gaulle airport in Paris, where the machine had priority landing permission. However, she then returned safely to the start airport in Munich, where she was received on the ground under increased security conditions.

Previously, Lufthansa spokesman Michael Lamberty had told BILD after the successful landing: “The cockpit crew triggered the so-called extinguishing process after a smoke detector in the cargo hold had started. It is still open whether this was a false alarm or whether there was actually smoke. That must now be the result of further studies. “


The flight route of flight LH460. After a slightly late start in Munich, the A380 had to turn over the Atlantic


Lamberty continues: “After the warning did not return afterwards, the crew decided to return to Munich and not to land in Paris-Charles-de-Gaulle. Better maintenance options are available in Munich. As a precaution, the fire brigade is now also near the aircraft in Munich. Security is a top priority at Lufthansa, which is why we take the incident very seriously. The passengers are looked after by us, support teams are activated, we take care of the care. We cannot currently say which machine the passengers will take. “

However, since a new plane and a new crew are needed for the new approach to Miami, he assumes that the onward flight will be postponed until tomorrow.

Flight LH460 took off in Munich at midday with a slight delay. At the time of the incident, the aircraft had been in the air for about two hours.

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