LH470 - Incident: Lufthansa B744 near Manchester on Sep 26th 2026

A Lufthansa Boeing 747-400, registration D-ABVY performing flight LH-470 from Frankfurt/Main (Germany) to Toronto,ON (Canada), was enroute at FL330 about 180nm northnorthwest of Manchester,EN (UK) when the crew decided to divert to Manchester due to a burning odour on board. The aircraft landed safely on Manchester's runway 23R about 30 minutes later.

A passenger reported the lights in the lavatories as well as the inflight entertainment system stopped working and a burning odour was observed.

Another passenger reported there was smoke in the cabin.

The aircraft is still on the ground in Manchester about 2.5 hours after landing.