German carrier, Lufthansa Air has picked holes in news making the round on some website on an incident involving the airline’s Frankfurt bound flight on Sunday February 18th, 2018.
According to a report by premiumtimesng.com, the Frankfurt-bound flight which took from Abuja suddenly came down midair from 35,000 feet to 5,000 feet, which sent shivers into the spine of passengers aboard the plane.
It reported that the LH595 flight, operated by Lufthansa airline, left Nigeria’s capital Abuja for Frankfurt, Germany, at about 11.15 pm, adding that trouble started shortly after takeoff when the plane suddenly descended as though it was about to crash, throwing the entire passengers into despair.
According to a passenger who craved anonymity said the aircraft crew, however, declined to make a stop at a nearby airport in spite of pleas from passengers.
The passenger explained that when the incident occurred about a few minutes past one hour into the flight, many passengers fell down, others were injured and many had some of their valuables fall from where they had them placed.
The passenger recounted that due to the fear, they could not be served food and drinks neither could the crew members attend to other welfare concerns.
The airline, he said, claimed the incident was due to a combination of bad weather and faulty engine, adding that it was not caused by human error.
Upon arrival in Germany, there were ambulances and fire fighters waiting to attend to the aircraft and its passengers who, according to our source, had become “almost dead”.
But Lufthansa in a statement, the aircraft, an Airbus A330 had moderate turbulence during the ascent for a few seconds due to bad weather adding that no passenger or crew member was injured during the flight to Frankfurt.
“We can confirm that on flight LH595 last Sunday (18 FEB) from Abuja to Frankfurt a brief weather-related turbulence was experienced. The Airbus A330 aircraft took off in Abuja at 23:13 with 197 passengers on board and landed at 5:17 in Frankfurt as planned (all times local). After take-off in Abuja, there was moderate turbulence during the ascent for a few seconds due to bad weather.
At that time, since the seat-belt signs were still on, all guests and the crew members were safely seated with their seat belts fastened. Safety on board was never compromised. No passengers or crew members were injured. The flight continued normally.”
