Just one week after take-off, Lufthansa's first and only new cabin Airbus A350 was damaged by hail. Now he had to go to technology first.
D-AIXT only completed its maiden flight with passengers on May 1. It is the first Airbus A350-900 to feature the company's new Allegris cabin. But after just one week, the flight schedule of the new plane, called Leipzig, was already in disarray. The portal wrote that an Airbus A350 with an old cabin was used on the flight on May 8 from Munich to Toronto. Travel deals.
The reason: After the landing of flight LH494 from Munich to Toronto on Tuesday (May 7), damage in the form of small scratches was discovered in the tailplane of the Airbus A350, the airline explained at the request of aeroTELEGRAPH.
The plane is scheduled to take off again on Thursday
The statement said: “There were many indications that the long-haul aircraft had been exposed to hail.” In coordination with the manufacturer and technology in Frankfurt, the aircraft can still be used on the return flight with passengers. The plane landed in Munich on Wednesday morning, May 8.
According to Lufthansa, D-AIXT will now remain in the technical area for a more detailed assessment and subsequent repair. But obviously the damage is not very great. “According to current planning, the Leipzig flight is scheduled to take off for Vancouver on Thursday afternoon on board LH476.”
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