Editing Lufthansa (section)

=== Fatal ===
* On 11 January 1959, [[Lufthansa Flight 502]], a Lufthansa [[Lockheed Super Constellation]] ([[aircraft registration|registered]] D-ALAK) crashed onto a beach shortly off [[Rio de Janeiro-Galeão International Airport|Galeão Airport]] in Rio de Janeiro following a scheduled passenger flight from [[Hamburg]], Germany. Of the 29 passengers and 10 crew members on board, only the co-pilot and 2 flight attendants survived. The investigation into the accident resulted in blaming the pilots for having executed a too low approach, which may have been caused by fatigue.<ref>[http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19590111-0 Lufthansa 1959 crash at the Aviation Safety Network] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110625013734/http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19590111-0 |date=25 June 2011 }}. Aviation-safety.net. Retrieved on 8 July 2011.</ref>
* On 4 December 1961, a Lufthansa [[Boeing 720]] (registered D-ABOK) crashed of unknown causes near [[Mainz]] during a training flight from Frankfurt to Cologne, killing the three occupants. It was the first crash involving an aircraft of that type.<ref>[http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19611204-0 Lufthansa 1961 accidents at the Aviation Safety Network] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131021073556/http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19611204-0 |date=21 October 2013 }}. Aviation-safety.net (4 December 1961). Retrieved on 8 July 2011.</ref>
* On 15 July 1964, another Boeing 720 (registered D-ABOP) crashed during a training flight, with the three people, including [[Werner Baake]], on board losing their lives (in what was only the second crash for this aircraft type). The accident occurred near [[Ansbach]] after the pilots had lost control of the aircraft when executing an [[aileron roll]].
* On 28 January 1966 at 17:50 local time, [[Lufthansa Flight 005]] from Frankfurt to [[Bremen]], which was operated using a [[Convair CV-240 family|Convair CV-440 Metropolitan]] registered D-ACAT, crashed {{convert|0.5|km}} short of [[Bremen Airport]], killing all 42 passengers and 4 crew members on board. The pilots had tried to execute a [[go-around]] when approaching the airport, during which the aircraft [[Stall (flight)|stalled]] and went out of control, possibly due to pilot error.<ref>[http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19660128-0 Lufthansa Flight 5 at the Aviation Safety Network] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121023013211/http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19660128-0 |date=23 October 2012 }}. Aviation-safety.net (28 January 1966). Retrieved on 8 July 2011.</ref>
* [[File:19700712 LH Jumbo GFAu46kl15.jpg|thumb|D-ABYB, the aircraft that was destroyed in the Flight 540 accident, was the second of three [[Boeing 747-100]]s delivered to Lufthansa.{{Citation needed|date=August 2024}} It is seen here during a promotional event at [[Nuremberg Airport]] in 1970.]] On 20 November 1974 at 07:54 local time, [[Lufthansa Flight 540]], a [[Boeing 747]]-100 (registered D-ABYB), lost power and crashed shortly after take-off at [[Jomo Kenyatta International Airport]] in what was the first air accident involving a Boeing 747. 55 out of the 140 passengers and 4 out of the 17 crew lost their lives, making it the worst accident in the history of the airline.<ref>[http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19741120-0 Flight 540 at the Aviation Safety Network] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110318000234/http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19741120-0 |date=18 March 2011 }}. Aviation-safety.net. Retrieved on 8 July 2011.</ref>
* On 26 July 1979 at 21:32 [[Universal Time Coordinated|UTC]], a cargo-configured [[Boeing 707]] (registered D-ABUY) that was en route [[Lufthansa Flight 527]] from [[Rio de Janeiro]] to [[Dakar]] and onwards to Germany [[Controlled flight into terrain|crashed into a mountain]] {{convert|25|km}} from [[Rio de Janeiro-Galeão International Airport|Galeão Airport]] during initial climb, killing the three crew members on board. A flawed communication between the pilots and the air traffic controller had resulted in the aircraft flying on a wrong path.<ref>[http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19790726-1 Flight 527 at the Aviation Safety Network] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120719090226/http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19790726-1 |date=19 July 2012 }}. Aviation-safety.net. Retrieved on 8 July 2011.</ref>
* In January 1984, a woman was found dead in a suitcase which was lying on an [[LAX]] baggage carousel for a while. The suitcase had arrived on a Lufthansa flight. The woman was later discovered to have been an Iranian citizen who had recently married another Iranian with [[Green card]] status. She had been denied a US visa in West Germany and therefore decided to enter the US like this.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Morrison |first1=Patt |last2=Heffernan |first2=Nancy |date=12 January 1985 |title=Iranian's Suicide Solves Suitcase Mystery : Husband Joins Smuggled Bride in Death |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1985-01-12-mn-9507-story.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211230161233/https://onemileatatime.com/lufthansa-premium-economy-seat/ |archive-date=30 December 2021 |access-date=11 November 2023 |work=[[Los Angeles Times]]}}</ref>
* On 14 September 1993, [[Lufthansa Flight 2904]], an [[Airbus A320 family|Airbus A320-200]] (registered D-AIPN) flying from Frankfurt to [[Warsaw]] with 64 passengers and 4 crew members on board, overran the runway upon landing at [[Warsaw Chopin Airport|Warsaw-Okecie Airport]], and crashed into an earth embankment, resulting in the death of the [[co-pilot]] and one passenger.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rvs.uni-bielefeld.de/publications/Incidents/DOCS/ComAndRep/Warsaw/warsaw-report.html|title=A320-211 Warsaw Accident Report|website=www.rvs.uni-bielefeld.de|access-date=29 August 2019|archive-date=16 August 2000|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20000816002218/http://www.rvs.uni-bielefeld.de/publications/Incidents/DOCS/ComAndRep/Warsaw/warsaw-report.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>[http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19930914-2 Flight 2904 at the Aviation Safety Network] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110319023827/http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19930914-2 |date=19 March 2011 }}. Aviation-safety.net (14 September 1993). Retrieved on 8 July 2011.</ref>
* On 28 May 1999, [[Bundesgrenzschutz|German border police]] suffocated [[Aamir Ageeb]] to death, whom they were escorting aboard Lufthansa Flight 588 from Frankfurt to Cairo. During takeoff, the officers restrained and pinned down Ageeb, a Sudanese man deported from Germany after being rejected for asylum.<ref name="Tod">{{cite news |last=Mesovic |first=Bernd |date=28 May 2019 |title=Tod bei Abschiebung |trans-title=Death upon Deportation |url=https://taz.de/Tod-bei-Abschiebung/!5598683/ |url-status=unfit |work=[[Die Tageszeitung]] |language=de |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190528151212/https://taz.de/Tod-bei-Abschiebung/!5598683/ |archive-date=28 May 2019}}</ref> The aircraft made an emergency landing in Munich. The incident led to the [[Federal Ministry of the Interior and Community|German interior ministry]] suspending its policy of forcible air deportation, and contributed to protests over Lufthansa's role in transporting deported asylum seekers.<ref name="Asylum-activists">{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2001/jul/30/kateconnolly |title=Frankfurt airport shuts out asylum activists |first=Kate |last=Connolly |work=The Guardian |date=29 July 2001 |access-date=8 May 2022 |archive-date=8 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220508082343/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2001/jul/30/kateconnolly |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/1999/may/31/iantraynor |title=Germany halts air expulsions |first=Ian |last=Traynor |work=The Guardian |date=30 May 1999 |access-date=8 May 2022 |archive-date=8 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220508082342/https://www.theguardian.com/world/1999/may/31/iantraynor |url-status=live }}</ref>