Created Thursday, Sep 14th 2023 16:11Z, last updated Thursday, Sep 14th 2023 16:11Z
A Lufthansa Boeing 747-400, registration D-ABTL performing flight
LH-712 from Frankfurt/Main (Germany) to Seoul (South Korea) with 341 people on board, was enroute at FL350 over the Caspian Sea about 50nm south of Aktau (Kazakhstan) when the crew decided to shut one of the four engines (CF6) down due to irregularities with the oil pressure and to return to Frankfurt/Main. The aircraft descended to FL320 for the return and landed safely on Frankfurt's runway 07R about 4.5 hours after turning around.
The airline reported the crew shut one of the engines down due to irregularities with the oil pressure and returned to Frankfurt declaring emergency. The passengers were rebooked onto other flights.
The occurrence aircraft is still on the ground in Frankfurt about 17 hours after landing back.
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