Boeing 737 D-ABIL

Summary

On 2 March 2013 at about 08:49 local time, a Boeing 737 registered D-ABIL, operated by Deutsche Lufthansa AG, was involved in an incident near Graz, Austria. 63 people were on board and nobody was injured. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

2 March 2013 at 08:49

Classification

Incident

Location

Graz, Austria

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Boeing 737

Registration

D-ABIL

Operator

Deutsche Lufthansa AG

Operating rule

Part 129: Foreign

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Aircraft damage

Not recorded

NTSB number

DCA13WA068

Nobody was injured.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

On 2 March 2013, at approximately 0849 UTC time, a Boeing 737-530, registration D-ABIL, operated by by Lufthansa, was operating between Franfurt, Germany and Graz, Austria. The crew reported that just after takeoff from Frankfurt, and again about 5 minutes before landing in GRZ, a smell of "old socks" could be observed in the cockpit and the front galley - each time for approximately 3 minutes. The Captain and 1st Officer used oxygen masks while the smell was present. The flight landed normally and there were no injuries. The incident is being investigated by the Sicherheitsuntersuchungsstelle – Zivilluftfahrt (Civil Aviation Safety Investigation Authority) of Austria. The NTSB has appointed an Accredited Representative to assist the investigation under the provisions of ICAO Annex 13 as the State of Design and Manufacture of the aircraft. All inquiries should be directed to the Austrian Accident Investigation Branch at: BMVIT - IV/BAV/UUB/LF (Unfalluntersuchungsstelle - Luftfahrt) Federal Office of Transport Accident Investigation Branch, Department Aviation Address - Mail: P.O. Box 206, 1000 Wien Address - Office: Trauzlgasse 1, 1210 Wien Email : [email protected] Tel.: +43 (0)1 71162-657700 (24 hours)

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.