Created Monday, Oct 31st 2022 18:56Z, last updated Monday, Oct 31st 2022 18:56Z
A Cargolux Boeing 747-8 freighter, registration LX-VCH performing flight
CV-4327 from Los Angeles,CA (USA) to Luxembourg (Luxembourg) with 3 crew, was climbing out of Los Angeles' runway 25L when the crew reported a wheel well fire indication and stopped the climb at 5000 feet. Subsequently the crew advised the indication had extinguished and requested to climb to 8000 feet to dump fuel. After climbing to 8000 feet the crew advised they needed to immediately land on runway 07L, the fire indication had re-occurred. The aircraft landed on runway 07L about 25 minutes after departure, emergency services reported everything appeared normal on the aircraft, no fire visible. The crew requested to shut the engines down on the runway and the emergency services to check their wheels/brake, they had done an overweight landing. The aircraft subsequently taxied to the apron.
The aircraft remained on the ground for about 15 hours, then departed again to Luxembourg landing there. The aircraft is still on the ground in Luxembourg about 8 hours after landing in Luxembourg.
