LH1128 - Incident: Lufthansa A321 near Lyon on Mar 24th 2024
Created Monday, Mar 25th 2024 21:06Z, last updated Monday, Mar 25th 2024 21:06Z
A Lufthansa Airbus A321-200, registration D-AIDB performing flight LH-1128 from Frankfurt/Main (Germany) to Barcelona,SP (Spain), was enroute at FL310 near Lyon (France) when the crew decided to return to Frankfurt due to an oily odour in the cockpit shortly after takeoff. The aircraft landed safely back in Frankfurt about 2 hours after departure.
A passenger reported the crew announced there had been an oily odour in the cockpit shortly after takeoff. As there is no maintenance available for Lufthansa in Barcelona they decided to return to Frankfurt.
The occurrence aircraft is still on the ground in Frankfurt about 30 hours after landing back.
A replacement A321-200 registration D-AISU reached Barcelona with a delay of about 4.5 hours.
Source: The Aviation Herald