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| Date: | Monday 5 March 2018 |
| Time: | 20:55 |
| Type: |  Boeing 747-430 |
| Owner/operator: | Lufthansa |
| Registration: | D-ABTK |
| MSN: | 29871/1293 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2001 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Minor |
| Location: | Tehran-Imam Khomeini International Airport (IKA/OIIE) -
 Iran
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Frankfurt International Airport (FRA/EDDF) |
| Tehran-Imam Khomeini International Airport (IKA/OIIE) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Lufthansa flight LH600 suffered a bird strike while on approach to Tehran-Imam Khomeini International Airport, after a flight from Frankfurt, Germany.
Engine no.3 ingested one or more birds, causing the aircraft to be grounded for repairs. The aircraft was ferried back to Frankfurt on March 8 and re-entered service.
Sources:
https://www.flightradar24.com/data/aircraft/d-abtk#109df41a
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 15 May 2006 | D-ABTK | Lufthansa | 0 | Frankfurt International Airport (FRA) |  |
sub |
| Damaged on the ground | ||||||
Location
Media:
German engineers are working on an American-made machine in Tehran, Iran!@lufthansa’s D-ABTK suffered FOD (Bird Strike) on final approach to Tehran/IKA, 2 days ago.
— Aerospacetalk (@Aerospacetalk) 8 maart 2018
The aircraft has been grounded now for two days.#avgeek #QueenOfTheSkies #Iran pic.twitter.com/UJ4Ca6dbYf
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 09-Mar-2018 08:01 | harro | Added |
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