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This B744 has not flown since March, 2020. It has been retired by the airline and was sent for scrap…
There are 13 Boeing 747-400 left in the Lufthansa fleet and D-ABVX is the third we’ve featured here at It’s About Airplanes. This Boeing 747 was photographed on February 17, 2017 at Toronto Pearson International Airport (YYZ) in Mississauga, Ontario.
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D-ABVX
D-ABVX made its maiden flight on December 12, 1999 and was delivered to Lufthansa on December 22, 1999, nicknamed Schleswig-Holstein. This is one of 13 Boeing 747-400 aircraft in service with the Lufthansa fleet.
The airplane is configured with 67 business class seats, 32 more in premium economy and 272 in economy class for a potential total of 371 passengers at capacity. The Boeing 747-400 remains the third largest aircraft in the Lufthansa fleet, behind the Airbus A380-800 and Boeing 747-8.
On September 19, 2009, D-ABVX was performing a flight from Frankfurt, Germany to New York’s JFK Airport. Past Iceland, about three hours into the flight, an oil leak was noticed in the number 3 engine. That engine was reduced to idle and the crew made the decision to return to Frankfurt. The Boeing 747-400 landed safely. It was found that an oil pipe in engine 3 was ruptured.
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Boeing 747-400
The -400 version of the Boeing 747 family made its first flight in 1988 and was introduced in 1989 with Northwest Airlines (Northwest merged with Delta Air Lines in 2010). In all, 694 of this model were built with many now retired or slated for retirement in the coming years. The first Boeing 747 of any kind was introduced in 1969.
The Boeing 747-400 is 71 metres or 232 feet in length with a wingspan of 64 metres or 211 feet. At the tail, the aircraft stands 19 metres or 64 feet in height. The flight range for this airplane is 12,500 kilometres.
Lufthansa
Lufthansa was founded in 1953 and commenced operations in 1955. The airline is headquartered in Cologne, Germany, using Frankfurt and Munich as main hubs. The German airline has a main fleet of nearly 280 aircraft flying to 220 destinations around the world. The fleet is led by Airbus A380-800 and Boeing 747-8 aircraft with still eight Boeing 747-400 remaining, for now.
The airline is a founding member of the Star Alliance. Other founding members include Scandinavian Airlines, Thai Airways, Air Canada and United Airlines. The alliance is headquartered in Frankfurt am Main, Germany and now has 26 full member airlines.