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Near miss in Johannesburg; Radar based Report

Lufthansa B748 nearly collided with a South African Airways Airbus A320 on the runway in Johannesburg According to media reports (including some aviation reports) a Lufthansa B748 nearly collided with a South African Airways Airbus A320 on the runway in Johannesburg.  The (known as highly inaccurate) replay-display by a certain radar website shows, that the B748 while accelerating for takeoff from Johannesburg's runway 03L had a South African Airways A320 cross the runway at the same time in short distance across the first taxiway ahead of the B748, the A320 made it across the runway before the B748 came to that point, the B748 continued takeoff.  So this is the "story" of a "near collision on the runway" according to such media. However, what really happened is this: The B748 was cleared to line up runway 03L and lined up. The crew disliked the view on their weather radar and decided not to continue with their takeoff.  They vacated the runway and returned to t

Lufthansa A321-200 reports First Officer feeling unwell

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Lufthansa A321 near Madrid reports first officer feeling unwell A Lufthansa Airbus A321-200, registration D-AISO performing flight LH-1140 from Frankfurt/Main (Germany) to Seville (Spain), was enroute at FL350 about 40nm southwest of Madrid (Spain), when the crew requested to urgently divert to Madrid reporting the first officer was feeling unwell.  The aircraft turned around and landed safely on Madrid's runway 32L about 18 minutes later. The aircraft remained on the ground in Madrid for about 5.5 hours then continued the journey and reached Seville with a delay of about 5.5 hours . Detailed flight information: https://www.flightaware.com/live/flight/DLH1140

Bird strike; Lufthansa A343 at the mercy of birds

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Lufthansa A343 at Boston bird strike A Lufthansa Airbus A340-300, registration D-AIGN performing flight LH-423 from Boston,MA (USA) to Frankfurt/Main (Germany), was climbing out of Boston's runway 04R when the crew stopped the climb reporting they had high vibrations on one of their engines (CFM56) as result of a bird strike.  The crew decided to return to Boston, dump fuel and landed safely back on Boston's runway 33L about 50 minutes after departure.  The flight was cancelled. The occurrence aircraft remained on the ground for about 6 days before positioning back to Frankfurt. The aircraft is still on the ground in Frankfurt another day after landing in Frankfurt. For flight details, visit: https://flightaware.com/live/flight/DLH423/history/20240119/2135Z/KBOS/EDDF