LG5554 - Incident: Luxair DH8D near Hamburg on Apr 17th 2023
Created Monday, Apr 17th 2023 19:05Z, last updated Monday, Apr 17th 2023 19:05Z
A Luxair de Havilland Dash 8-400, registration LX-LQA performing flight LG-5554 from Oslo (Norway) to Luxembourg (Luxembourg), was enroute at FL240 about 15nm west of Odense (Denmark) when the aircraft descended to FL100 after the left hand windshield cracked. The aircraft diverted to Hamburg (Germany), about 120nm south of their position, for a safe landing about 35 minutes after leaving FL240.
The passengers were taken to the terminal, a number was rebooked to Munich to continue to Luxembourg from there, a number was rebooked onto the next day's flight Hamburg to Luxembourg.
The cracked windshield:
Source: The Aviation Herald · #LG5554 on X