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| Date: | Saturday 28 July 2007 |
| Time: | 22:30 |
| Type: |  Airbus A300B4-603 |
| Owner/operator: | Lufthansa |
| Registration: | D-AIAT |
| MSN: | 618 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1991 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 304 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | None |
| Category: | Serious incident |
| Location: | Frankfurt International Airport (FRA/EDDF) -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Pushback / towing |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Frankfurt International Airport (FRA/EDDF) |
| Istanbul-Atatürk Airport (ISL/LTBA) | |
| Investigating agency: | BFU |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
During the pushback process, with the engines being started at the same time, smoke developed in the cabin. The crew decided to evacuate.
Sources:
BFU 5X020-0/07
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 6 June 2018 | EP-MNK | Mahan Air | 0 | Tehran-Mehrabad Airport (THR/OIII) |  |
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 12-Sep-2024 13:29 | ASN | Added |
| 13-Sep-2024 19:56 | ASN | Updated [Time, Registration, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, ] |
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