Incident to the Airbus A340 registered D-AIFD operated by Lufthansa on 16/03/2021 en route

Preliminary data based on the notification from the Mexican authorities:

After flying for an one hour above jurisdiction of the Airport MMUN by loss of power in the engine number three, the crew under command of the aircraft declares to Air Service Control the Airport MMUN “return to Airport MMUN”.

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General information
Local date	16/03/2021
Responsible entity	Mexico - AIB
State or area of occurrence	Central America and Caribbean - Mexico
Location	en croisière
Human consequences	None
Aircraft consequences	None
Occurrence class	Incident
File number	BEA2021-0109

Flight Information
Aircraft category	Fixed Wing - Aeroplane - Large Aeroplane - Large Aeroplane
Operator	Germany (Lufthansa )
Manufacturer / Model	AIRBUS - A340
Aircraft Registration	D-AIFD
State of registry	Germany
Last departure point	Mexico - MMUN (CUN): Cancun intl
Planned destination	Germany - EDDF (FRA): FRANKFURT / MAIN
Flight phase	En route
Serial number	0390
Operator Type AG
Operation Type	Commercial Air Transport

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