- Date
- November 9, 2010, 00:00 local (00:00 UTC)
- Place
- Frankfurt, Germany
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- D-ABVTBoeing 747
- Defining event
- Taxi: Fire/smoke (non-impact)
- NTSB office
- Major Investigations Division
- Lead agency
- Other
- Case key
- 78548
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Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Fire/smoke (non-impact)All aircraft: 504 casesDefining event
Factual narrative
On November 9, 2010, a Boeing 747-400, German registration D-ABVT, operated by Lufthansa, experienced a fire in the APU compartment. There were no injuries, and minor damage to the airplane. This incident is being investigated by the BFU of Germany. www.bfu-web.de
Aircraft
- Registration
- D-ABVT
- Reported as
- Boeing 747 (400)
- Category
- Airplane
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Non-U.S., commercial
- Operator
- Deutsche Lufthansa
- Registered owner
- Deutsche Lufthansa
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Transport
- Departed
- EDDF · Frankfurt
- Destination
- Tel Aviv
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- EDDF · Frankfurt