Curious breakdown on Lufthansa flight from Los Angeles to Munich

A technical defect recently Lufthansa flight LH453 from Los Angeles after Munich Led to a stopover unplanned. The reason for the intermediate landing in Boston on the US East coast: a tablet that was trapped in a business class seat, which was damaged and a security risk from the flight staff.

Lufthansa flight from LA to Munich: Dambled iPad as a safety risk

As a Lufthansa spokeswoman explains on request, the tablet was in the seat mechanism of the Airbus A380 got stuck. The electrically adjustable seats of the higher-priced business class had caught the device and was visibly deformed.

A damaged lithium battery Can overheat and worst get on fire – a risk that the pilots did not want to take on the way across the sparsely populated areas of Greenland and the Atlantic. Therefore, those responsible decided to land in Boston.

Airbus to Munich has to be intermediate: Security is going on

At the time of the diversion, the area aircraft from airbus Already around three hours of flight time and was according to the mobility portal Dmm at 10,760 meters. 461 passengers were on board when the Lufthansa jet On April 24th on the usual large circle route, the shortest connection via Canada and Greenland.

In Boston, technicians freed the tablet from the seat. Then the A380 continued its trip to Munich. The flight came at the airport of the Bavarian capital with a delay from three hours. A Lufthansa spokesman then emphasized that the security of the passengers has the highest priority-even with a supposedly small incident like a damaged iPad.

Meanwhile the Summer flight schedule at Munich Airport More fluctuation and new travel destinations.