LH: 2 USA-Flüge abgebrochen

A Lufthansa Airbus A340-300, registration D-AIGC performing flight LH-438 from Frankfurt/Main (Germany) to Dallas Ft. Worth,TX (USA), had just departed Frankfurt when the crew reported smoke in the cockpit, levelled off at 5000 feet and returned to Frankfurt's runway 25R for a safe landing about 20 minutes after departure. The smoke dissipated before touch down.

A replacement Airbus A340-300 registration D-AIFA departed Frankfurt with a delay of 5:15 hours.

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A Lufthansa Boeing 747-400, registration D-ABTB performing flight LH-454 from Frankfurt/Main (Germany) to San Francisco,CA (USA), was enroute at FL330 off the coast of Norway near Bergen (Norway) when the crew decided to return to Frankfurt due to a strange odour in the cabin. The airplane landed safely back in Frankfurt about 130 minutes later (and about 4 hours after departure).

A replacement Boeing 747-400 registration D-ABVY departed Frankfurt about 140 minutes after landing and reached San Francisco with a delay of 7 hours.

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