Lufthansa A340 #LH434 forced to dump fuel before diverting to Manchester

 

AIRLIVE  A Lufthansa A340 was forced to dump fuel before diverting to Manchester.

Flight #LH434 from Munich to Chicago ORD suddenly turned around over North Ireland.

The pilots informed ATC of an incident on board and requested an emergency landing.

The 16-year old aircraft descended from 36,000 ft to 22,000 ft to start dumping fuel over the Irish sea to reduce landing weight.

The Airbus A340 (reg. D-AIHP) landed at 18:03 BST at Manchester Airport, more than 3 hours after take off form Munich.

Once landed, Police removed a disruptive passenger.

The flight resumed about one hour later.