Created Thursday, May 9th 2024 20:00Z, last updated Thursday, May 9th 2024 20:00Z
A TUIfly Boeing 737-800, registration D-ABMV performing flight X3-202 from Frankfurt/Main (Germany) to Heraklion (Greece), was climbing out of Frankfurt's runway 18 when the next departure reported they had seen something coming off the left wing of the aircraft. ATC informed the crew, who confirmed they were already checking a possible leakage. The aircraft stopped the climb at 4000 feet and returned to Frankfurt for a safe landing on runway 07C about 30 minutes after departure.
In the meantime airport vehicles were performing an inspection of runway 18 and picked up some debris from the runway, subsequently emergency services responded to runway 18 and runway 07C.
The rotation was cancelled.
The occurrence aircraft returned to service about 15 hours after landing back.
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