LH577 - Incident: Lufthansa A343 at Cape Town on Dec 29th 2025

A Lufthansa Airbus A340-300, registration D-AIGT performing flight LH-577 from Cape Town (South Africa) to Frankfurt/Main (Germany), was climbing out of Cape Town's runway 19 when the crew stopped the climb at FL100 due to a gear door not closing. The crew attempted to recycle the gear a few times without success. Subsequently the aircraft dumped fuel and returned to Cape Town for a safe landing on runway 19 about 135 minutes after departure.

The flight was cancelled.

The aircraft is still on the ground in Cape Town about 47 hours after landing.