"While climbing to cruising altitude of 14,000 feet, the flight crew issued an emergency alert by transmitting the international distress code Squawk 7700, indicating a general emergency. Lufthansa told the Mirror: The flight had to return to LHR due to technical issues." The exact fault has yet to be confirmed, but the Aviation Herald said it could be because of a fire in the engine. It said the runway was vacated and the plane stopped on the parallel taxiway for an inspection by emergency services."
"Passengers reported the crew indicated the left hand engine needed to be shut down due to a fire warning. The airline reported the aircraft returned due to a technical problem. AirLive also said that according to its sources, pilots had to shut down the engine during climb due to a fire alert and passengers were booked onto the next flight."
The Lufthansa Airbus A320neo departed Heathrow for Munich at 11.30 and climbed toward a cruising altitude of 14,000 feet when the crew transmitted Squawk 7700, signaling a general emergency. The aircraft turned back to Heathrow, vacated the runway, and stopped on the parallel taxiway for inspection by emergency services before taxiing to the apron with emergency vehicles in trail. Passengers reported the left hand engine was shut down after a fire warning. Pilots and ground crews investigated a suspected engine fire, passengers were booked onto the next flight, and a similar Squawk 7700 incident occurred with an Air India flight the previous week.
Read at www.standard.co.uk
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