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Airbus Flap Failure


Contact photographer Ian Older
What: Lufthansa Airbus A340-600 en route from San Francisco,CA to Munich Germany
Where: Munich
When: May 29th 2009
Who: 277 passengers
Why: When landing flaps failed, the Airbus prepared for an emergency landing. Fortunately, though the plane landed too fast, there was no serious consequence to the flap failure. Reportedly the plane was repaired and returned to service hours later.

George’s Point of View

It’s a good thing they weren’t landing at Sao Paulo, or another airport with a short runway–

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