A Lufthansa flight from Frankfurt landed hard and bounced off the runway at Los Angeles International Airport. Luckily, the flight landed successfully on a second attempt.
According to an official, a heated argument ensued between a German passenger and his Thai wife, after which the former threw food and tried to burn down a blanket. The wife complained to the pilot about his behaviour and said that she felt 'threatened' by him, causing him to divert the flight.
The problems with airlines' engines and grounded planes come as the travel industry tries to recover from the devastating Covid pandemic and as demand for travel increases.
Lufthansa in India: The first flight on the new Munich-Bangalore route is slated for November 3, 2023, and it will operate three times per week.
The flight LH-0760 from Frankfurt to Delhi was being operated by a Boeing 747-400 aircraft.
The passengers said that the crew announced that the flight descended 4,000 ft in a few minutes.
Frankfurt Airport confirmed that technical problems at Lufthansa were causing “flight disruptions and cancellations.”
Bhagwant Mann de-boarded row: Lufthansa News tweeted that it can't provide information regarding individual passengers due to data protection reasons.
Stranded passengers and their relatives registered strong protests on the intervening night of Friday at Delhi airport.
Lufthansa flights cancelled: The airline advised affected passengers not to come to the airports because most of the counters there would not be staffed anyway.
Lufthansa has terminated the services of 103 India-based flight attendants after they allegedly sought "job assurance" from the management while the German airlines group had offered them leave without pay option for two years,sources close to the developments said.
Lufthansa Airtlines, largest German airline and combined with its subsidiaries, is the second largest airline in Europe in terms of passengers carried, has cancelled all flights from India between September 30 to October 20 after issue with DGCA on number of flights allowed per week.
India and Germany had signed a bilateral air bubble pact in July this year under which airlines of both the countries can operate special international flights with certain restrictions.
German airlines group Lufthansa on Thursday said it plans to resume its services to India, which are currently suspended due to the lockdown in the wake of coronavirus pandemic, by June, when it is expecting to operate to more than 130 destinations globally.
Lufthansa group on Wednesday stated passengers on board any of its airlines' flights will have to mandatorily wear a mask that covers mouth as well as nose from May 4 onwards. The German group runs four airline brands - Lufthansa, Brussels Airlines, Austrian and SWISS.
German airline group Lufthansa will ground 150 aircraft due to the coronavirus outbreak. The deadly novel coronavirus has claimed over 3,000 lives across the world so far.
"The two airlines are planning to soon expand the scope of the agreement, enabling frequent fliers of both airlines to earn miles/points when travelling on each other’s networks and enjoy other benefits," Vistara said in a release.
A man was arrested in Delhi’s IGI airport on Monday for impersonating a Lufthansa Airlines pilot. As per reports, the incident happened as the Chief Security Officer of Lufthansa Airlines informed the CISF of an unknown man dressed as a Lufthansa Airlines pilot.
British Airways and Lufthansa both said on Saturday they were suspending flights to Cairo for unspecified reasons related to safety and security.
Thirty-nine-year-old Anissia Batra allegedly jumped off from the terrace of her residence following an argument with her husband Mayank Singhvi on Friday.
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