Smoke in the cockpit triggers an emergency landing: A Lufthansa plane from Billund to Frankfurt still landed safely in Hanover. Investigations into the cause of the incident are ongoing.
Smoke in the cockpit of a Lufthansa plane caused a stir on Sunday afternoon: The pilot aborted the flight to Frankfurt and landed at Hanover Airport for safety reasons. This was stated by an airport spokeswoman in Hanover. The 89 passengers and four crew members were able to leave the plane in the normal way. No one was injured, said the spokeswoman. No fire was discovered either. It is still unclear why smoke developed in the cockpit of the CRJ900 of the Canadian aircraft manufacturer Bombardier.
The plane was on its way from Billund in Denmark to Frankfurt/Main. The so-called emergency landing was routinely accompanied by the airport fire brigade on the runway in Hanover. Lufthansa technicians have now begun investigating the origin of the smoke, said the airport spokeswoman.