Created Tuesday, Jun 4th 2024 18:53Z, last updated Tuesday, Jun 4th 2024 18:53Z
A Lufthansa Airbus A321-200, registration D-AISD performing flight
LH-1902 from Munich (Germany) to Lamezia-Terme (Italy), was enroute at FL350 about 100nm east of Rome (Italy) when the crew decided to divert to Rome Fiumicino due to a suspected bleed air leak on the right hand engine (V2533). The aircraft landed safely on Fiumicino's runway 16L about 25 minutes later.
A passenger reported the captain announced they had a technical problem on engine #2, they suspected a leak in the duct taking hot air from the engine to the air conditioning system, the engine was working normally nonetheless. Due to lack of maintenance at Lamezia dispatch and maintenance had decided to divert the aircraft to Rome where such maintenance was readily available. After landing technicians checked the engine, the captain subsequently announced, that a sensor was defective and they could continue their flight.
The aircraft departed Rome after about 2:20 hours and reached Lamezia with a delay of about 3:10 hours.
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