K4698 - Incident: Kalitta B744 at Leipzig on Jul 18th 2023
Created Thursday, Jul 20th 2023 18:54Z, last updated Thursday, Jul 20th 2023 18:54Z
A Kalitta Boeing 747-400 freighter, registration N708CK performing flight K4-698 from Leipzig (Germany) to Cincinnati,KY (USA), was climbing out of Leipzig when the crew stopped the climb at FL100 due to problems with the cabin pressurization, entered a hold for about 90 minutes and returned to Leipzig for a safe landing on runway 26R about 2 hours after departure.
The aircraft is still on the ground in Leipzig about 46 hours after landing back.
According to German LBA the aircraft dumped 94 tons of fuel due a technical problem.
Source: The Aviation Herald