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Old 6th Apr 2008, 12:41
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FinalVectors
 
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Anyone know about LH in big trouble in Sofia??

Hi!

There is a story in norwegian paper "Dagbladet" today http://www.dagbladet.no/dinside/2008/04/06/531684.html about Lufthansa B737 having big problems after departure from Sofia yesterday.

Been searching for it on the net, but can't find anything else.

Fast translation of story the passenger is telling (a former SAS employee):

3-4 minutes after departure we got into clouds and did see a big flash, must have been lightning. I was sitting by the wing and did see the engine catch fire at once. According to a collegue on the other side, that engine was on fire too. Aircraft started shaking like I never experienced before, atleast one of the stewardesses was screaming and crying...................

....... After landing the captain said it was 1 in a billion chance this would happen, and the picture he did show mef rom his mobile taken on the runway revealed clearly that something had fallen of the tail and also something was hanging down.

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Find it strange that I can't find anything else about this on the net.

Regards
Final vectors
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