Overview
- Authorities are preparing a report for prosecutors on the overnight tarmac stranding, a step police described as standard procedure with no passenger complaints filed so far.
- Munich Airport said six flights with about 600 passengers were affected, including five Lufthansa Group services and one Air Arabia flight, after terminals were full and only remote stands were available.
- Lufthansa stated crews were instructed to park on the apron, kept aircraft powered and heated, apologized, and said affected customers would receive compensation.
- The disruption began when heavy snowfall and de-icing delays collided with Munich’s night flight ban; on LH2446 to Copenhagen, 123 passengers learned around 02:00 they could not disembark because buses were unavailable.
- Passengers described limited food, drinks and no blankets on short-haul aircraft, and said they were only able to exit to the terminal once morning ground shifts resumed around 06:00.