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Lufthansa's A-320 airplane lands in emergency: three crew-members intoxicated

Zurich, Switzerland - A sharp smell coming from kitchenette of the airplane

The captain of an A-320 airplane of German Lufthansa, took off this morning from Frankfurt to Madrid, has been forced to change the route and to land on Zurich's airport, after that there was a sharp and inexplicable smell coming from storeroom into the cockpit. There were 85 passengers and six crew-members on board. Three of them have been hospitalized for suspect intoxication, while the persons...

fra/pec - 1135023
Rome, Italy, 10/21/2011 16:17
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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