{"id":266908,"date":"2025-08-14T22:22:05","date_gmt":"2025-08-14T12:22:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/simpleflying.com\/lufthansa-boeing-747-chicago-diversion-landing-gear-issue\/"},"modified":"2025-08-14T22:22:05","modified_gmt":"2025-08-14T12:22:05","slug":"lufthansa-boeing-747-8-returns-to-chicago-after-landing-gear-issue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=266908","title":{"rendered":"Lufthansa Boeing 747-8 Returns To Chicago After Landing Gear Issue"},"content":{"rendered":"

A Boeing 747-8 operating a transatlantic flight for German flag carrier andStar Alliance<\/a><\/span> founding member Lufthansa had to return to its point of origin yesterday evening after reportedly experiencing issues with its landing gear. The quadjet left Chicago for Frankfurt, but touched back down in the Windy City 75 minutes later.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The aircraft burned off excess fuel over Lake Michigan before safely landing back in Chicago.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[396,476,398,399,876,734,423],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-266908","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-aircraft","category-airlines","category-boeing","category-boeing-747","category-boeing-747-8","category-lufthansa","category-united-states"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t