Lufthansa flight #LH412 to Newark was forced to return to Munich following a technical issue.
The Lufthansa flight #LH412 departed Munich at 17: CEST Tuesday, August 27 2024 for a scheduled 8 hours and 40 minutes flight to Newark.
The flight was operated by an Airbus 350-900 (registration D-AIXH) which was delivered in 2018 to the airline.
After a bit more than one hour into the flight, the aircraft turned around over UK. the crew decided to return to MUC due to a technical issue.
In order to lower weight for a safe landing, the pilots had to dump fuel before starting the final approach to MUC.
While holding 15,000 ft, the aircraft dumped/burned fuel during about 1 hour and 30 minutes.
The flight returned to Munich 4 hours after departure from Terminal 2, gate L26. The plane landed on runway 08R at 20:00 CEST.
The flight was cancelled.
