Lufthansa details engine shutdown on brand-new A380

[Blue_Tires]

Lufthansa has disclosed that its second Airbus A380 has undergone an in-flight engine shutdown just a couple of days after entering into service.

The aircraft, powered by Rolls-Royce Trent 900 engines, was delivered on 19 July and put into service last week on the Frankfurt-Tokyo route.

Lufthansa says that the aircraft was flying the return sector on 6 August when, about an hour before landing at Frankfurt, the crew took a "precautionary" decision to shut the engine down.

A spokesman for the airline says the decision followed the generation of "confusing numbers" on a cockpit indicator.

The indicator showed that the problem centred on oil pressure. Lufthansa's main A380 maintenance base is located at Frankfurt, and the aircraft - serial number 41 - underwent an engine change in order to return it to service as quickly as possible.

Inspection revealed "substances" in the filter but Lufthansa has not given further details. The company had a spare engine available and the aircraft went back into service on 7 August.

Both of the carrier's A380s are operating the Tokyo Narita route, providing a daily service to the Japanese capital from Frankfurt.

http://www.flightglobal.com/articles/2010/08/10/345951/lufthansa-details-engine-shutdown-on-brand-new-a380.html


By coincidence I'm pretty sure I photographed the same Airbus in Frankfurt while waiting to come home on 29 July:

[MicaelS]

1. That thing is huge

You don't realize how big it is, until you compare it to the bus.

[Kali]

10. and then there is the size of the Frankfurt Airport!

[DFW]

2. I don't know how comfortable they are

But I REALLY don't want to join 550 other people at the lines for immigration and baggage claim

[Blue_Tires]

5. I flew over on the B-777 and it was flippin' sweet

and yes, it was a long wait at immigration -- but only because of the heavy amount of traffic at the airport

[DFW]

14. I've been taking those things for over 10 years

I like the 777 just fine, but the sheer numbers on the 380 seem s little massive to handle all at once.

[cwydro]

3. Hey cool pic

and thanks for that info.

I fly a lot and actually am planning a trip to Frankfurt, not via Tokyo though...

[Blue_Tires]

6. thanks!

let me know if you have any questions...

[MissHoneychurch]

7. She knows me

:D

[cwydro]

8. That is right.

And I will expect a personal tour...

[MissHoneychurch]

9. Of the airport?

:P

[cwydro]

12. Hardehar har miss smart ass.

No, I want to see the view from the bathtub...:P

I hear there is a great sunset view from there...

[david13]

4. Oh don't worry. Lufthansa flies the friendly skies. dc

[Blue_Tires]

13. definitely...their service was some of the best I've seen since the 80s

[MilesColtrane]

11. deleted for stupidity

[WinkyDink]

15. When I went to Europe, I almost always flew on a Lufthansa 747. The Airbus is a disaster.