It has been revealed that a Lufthansa flight was evacuated in Athens today due to an engine fire indication.
Information has been released pertinent to the incident at hand.
Here is what is known on this at the moment.
Lufthansa Flight LH1753 Athens to Munich…
Lufthansa flight LH1753, which suffered the engine fire indication, is a routine scheduled flight between Athens and Munich.
Furthermore, the flight was operated by D-AIEA.
As per data from Planespotters.net, D-AIEA is a 7.1 year old Airbus A321neo that was delivered to the German carrier back in May 2019.
Of the A321neo variant, Lufthansa has 19 of them in their mainline fleet.
Within the 19, 18 are in active service, with one parked, offering an average fleet age of 4.7 years.
As well as the A321neo, Lufthansa have the following other aircraft in their mainline fleet:
- 22 Airbus A319s.
- 73 Airbus A320s.
- 15 Airbus A321-100s.
- 37 Airbus A321-200s.
- 5 Airbus A330s.
- 16 Airbus A340s.
- 31 Airbus A350s.
- 8 Airbus A380s.
- 26 Boeing 747s.
- 16 Boeing 787s.
In total, Lufthansa has 268 aircraft in their mainline fleet, of which 256 are in active service, and 12 are parked, offering an average fleet age of 14 years.
Lufthansa flight LH1753, which suffered the engine fire indication, departed from Athens at 1519 UTC on May 11, and started to climb out towards Munich.
As per The Aviation Herald, the crew stopped their climb at 8,000 feet due to an engine fire indication and decided to return back to the Greek airport immediately.
Within a speedy 12 minutes, the aircraft was back on the ground without further incident.
Injuries Reported Following Evacuation Due to Engine Fire Indication…
It is understood that after the landing from Lufthansa flight LH1753 Athens-Munich, the aircraft taxied to the apron and then evacuation slides were deployed due to a strong odour in the aft of the cabin.
From there, passengers began to evacuate via slides, with three passengers reported to have had minor injuries as a result.
Following the incident earlier today, D-AIEA remains grounded whilst work begins to identify the problem and implement a fix.
If the engine was on fire, it is unclear what the extent of the damage is and whether the engine needs to be replaced.
As soon as we have more information pertinent to this, then we will update you accordingly.
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