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A Lufthansa Cargo Boeing 777-200 freighter returned back to Frankfurt after the crew declared Mayday due to unreliable airspeed. The crew reported an altitude issue.
The Luftansa Cargo Boeing 777F, with registration D-ALFG, was operating flight GEC-8402 from Frankfurt Airport, Germany to Shanghai Pudong International, China. The crew declared Mayday, reporting unreliable airspeed, when the aircraft was in the initial climb out of Frankfurt.
Lufthansa CEO Carsten Spohr made the announcement in Berlin yesterday. Although this airplane has been hyped for years and Lufthansa’s new business class product was unveiled in November 2017, the first delivery will not occur until late in 2020. The Boeing 777-9 (also called the 777X) is intended to replace the 747-400 fleet. The first 777-9 body join happened in February for a delivery planned in summer 2020 to Lufthansa. The roll-out of the prototype occurred on March 13, 2019, in a low-key employees-only event overshadowed by the crash of an Ethiopian Airlines 737 MAX 8 on March 10. The GE9X engines installed on the 777X prototype were first run on May 29. D-ALFI Lufthansa Cargo Boeing 777-F. Manufacturer Serial Number (MSN) 66912. Built as; Boeing 777-F; First Flight.
Read user reviews for Lufthansa Boeing 747-400 (744) Layout 1 Submitted by SeatGuru User on 2019/09/03 for Seat 31A. On September 19, 2013, Lufthansa confirmed a firm order of 20 777-9Xs prior to an official launch of the aircraft. Boeing launched the 777X at the 2013 Dubai Air Show. In March 2014, ANA of Japan ordered 20 777-9X models.
After that, the crew inquired altitude reading with the Frankfurt ATC. The traffic controller responded that the altitude was 200 feet. However, the crew reported that their standby altimeter was indicating 6100 feet.
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The crew also reported that they should be at around 6200 feet after the GPS reading indicated the altitude.
Subsequently, the crew decided to return back to Frankfurt and requested to dump fuel. The aircraft ten started to dump fuel and returned back to its hub. The aircraft made a safe landing some 65 minutes after departure.
According to ADS-B data transmitted by the freighter, the aircraft did not climb above 250 feet throughout its entire flight.
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