There was an abnormality on one of the engines that caused the plane to return to Boston twice. The engine wasn't resolved after the first diversion
The plane was flying from Boston to Munich. After leaving Boston, the flight stopped its climb out of Boston at 27,000 feet. The crew decided to return to Boston after a technical failure occurred.
The aircraft returned to Boston's runway 33L around an hour and 20 minutes after departure after dumping some fuel off the coast.
The engineers gave the go-ahead for a second flight after inspecting the aircraft. The flight left Boston in the early hours of 9th November after spending 3.5 hours on the ground.
The crew stopped the climb at 27,000 feet and told the ATC that they wanted to go back to Boston. After dumping fuel off the coast, the plane went back to Boston.
Even if the engine problem could be fixed, the crew would time out before the plane could get back in the air, so the flight was canceled. The aircraft is on the ground waiting for clearance to return to its hub. There was a problem with the engine of the aircraft.
According to the airline spokeswoman, all passengers were accommodated on alternate flights and the aircraft is scheduled to return to Munich without any passengers.
At the start of the COVID-19 epidemic, Lufthansa was going to retire its fleet of A340-600s. As travel demand began to recover, the airline decided to put back into service five of its A340-600s configured in four-class.
The A340-600s returned to service in the summer of 2022. There are eight seats in a 1-2-1 configuration in First Class on the A340-600s.
Twelve of the 17 aircraft in the A340-600 fleet are being sold and five of them will be in service for a short time. When it takes delivery of its new A350-900s, this temporary move will be over. In the summer of 2023, the first of these will be delivered and will be based in Germany.
Each time an A350-900 with first class arrives, an A340-600 will be retired. The quad-jets are mostly used on flights to Boston, Miami and New York. The A340-600s are not coming back to Los Angeles and San Francisco at the moment.
We can expect more routes to get the first class in the summer of next year after Lufthansa brings its A380s back to Munich and starts taking delivery of at least 10 A350-900s.
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