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Lufthansa flight bound for Frankfurt diverts to Boston's Logan Airport after cockpit fills with smoke
By Andrea Vacchiano
Published August 23, 2022
A Europe-bound flight was diverted to Boston's Logan International Airport due to smoke in the aircraft's cockpit.
The Lufthansa flight to Frankfurt, Germany, departed from Newark, New Jersey, after 8 p.m. on Monday evening.
According to FlightAware, the plane was west of Nova Scotia when it turned around to make an unscheduled landing at Logan International Airport.
A flight from New Jersey to Germany was diverted to Boston's Logan Airport after the cockpit filled with smoke. (Twitter/@Raytakestolls1)
Massachusetts State Police confirmed to Fox News Digital that the flight was diverted due to smoke in the cockpit.
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"The crew utilized oxygen masks during that time. The plane landed at Logan at 10:25 p.m. without further incident," Massachusetts State Police said in a statement.
Police said the Boeing 747 aircraft had 326 people onboard.
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No injuries were reported.
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Lufthansa has not responded to Fox News Digital's request for comment.
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