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Old Jan 11, 2017 | 9:32 am
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NR, that was the 10th.

LH988 and 989 on 09th:

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>dolh989/09jan
DOLH989/09JAN                                                                   
* OPERATIONAL FLIGHT INFO *            LH 989   -2 MO 09JAN17                   
CITY INFO                                       HOUR (LOCAL)                    
AMS  ESTIMATED TIME OF DEPARTURE                1210                            
     LEFT THE GATE                              1230                            
     TOOK OFF                                   1239                            
     ESTIMATED TIME OF ARRIVAL                  1322     FRA                    
FRA  AIRCRAFT LANDED                            1316                            
     ARRIVED                                    1325                            
                                                                                
*1A PLANNED FLIGHT INFO*              LH 989   -2 MO 09JAN17 ASM                
APT ARR   DY DEP   DY CLASS/MEAL          EQP  GRND  EFT   TTL                  
AMS          1105  MO JCDZPYBMUHQ/S       321         1:05                      
                      VWSTLK/S                                                  
FRA 1210  MO                                                1:05                
                                                                                
COMMENTS-                                                                       
 1.AMS FRA   - ARRIVES TERMINAL 1                                               
 2.AMS FRA   -  ET/ ELECTRONIC TKT CANDIDATE                                    
 3.AMS FRA   - C200                                                             
 4.AMS FRA   -  CO2/PAX* 71.85 KG ECO, 71.85 KG PRE                             
 (*):SOURCE:ICAO CARBON EMISSIONS CALCULATOR                                    
                                                                                
)>dolh988/09jan
DOLH988/09JAN                                                                   
* OPERATIONAL FLIGHT INFO *            LH 988   -2 MO 09JAN17                   
CITY INFO                                       HOUR (LOCAL)                    
FRA  ESTIMATED TIME OF DEPARTURE                1010                            
     LEFT THE GATE                              1009                            
     TOOK OFF                                   1020                            
     ESTIMATED TIME OF ARRIVAL                  1110     AMS                    
AMS  AIRCRAFT LANDED                            1110                            
     ARRIVED                                    1117                            
                                                                                
*1A PLANNED FLIGHT INFO*              LH 988   -2 MO 09JAN17 ASM                
APT ARR   DY DEP   DY CLASS/MEAL          EQP  GRND  EFT   TTL                  
FRA          0900  MO JCDZPYBMUHQ/S       321         1:15                      
                      VWSTLK/S                                                  
AMS 1015  MO                                                1:15                
                                                                                
COMMENTS-                                                                       
 1.FRA AMS   - DEPARTS TERMINAL 1                                               
 2.FRA AMS   -  ET/ ELECTRONIC TKT CANDIDATE                                    
 3.FRA AMS   - C200                                                             
 4.FRA AMS   -  CO2/PAX* 71.85 KG ECO, 71.85 KG PRE                             
 (*):SOURCE:ICAO CARBON EMISSIONS CALCULATOR                                    
                                                                                
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Flightstats shows some equipment changes:
http://www.flightstats.com/go/Flight...ightNumber=988

Initial schedule D-AIPD was sent to HAM instead: https://www.flightradar24.com/data/aircraft/d-aipd
D-AISC, planned for LH988, was 1h late from Sofia, so swapped for RP the night before already. RP came in from MUC on time but must have had tech issues and left late for KBP, and is grounded since its return. SW must have been on hand after line maint and recruited to fly to AMS. Somewhere between 8 and 9am things went south and the flight was delayed by an hour.

The KL FRA-AMS flight that morning was cancelled altogether. My take is there was some weather related issue in FRA that morning.
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