Lufthansa A321 at Frankfurt on Jul 29th 2014, fumes in cockpit

A Lufthansa Airbus A321-200, registration D-AIRE performing flight LH-1133 (scheduled dep Jul 28th, actual dep Jul 29th) from Barcelona,SP (Spain) to Frankfurt/Main (Germany), was decending towards Frankfurt when at about FL100 an odour of old socks was noticed in cabin and cockpit. The crew continued for a safe landing on Frankfurt's runway 07R about 13 minutes later. All crew went to see the doctor after landing.

The aircraft remained on the ground for about 3 hours then resumed service.

The aircraft had been involved in a fumes event the day before on flight LH-1132 to Barcelona, see Incident: Lufthansa A321 at Barcelona on Jul 28th 2014, fumes in cockpit, underwent maintenance over night, then departed Barcelona with the same crew, that flew LH-1132, for the return flight.

Germany's BFU confirmed they are aware of both occurrences on LH-1132 and LH-1133.

According to information The Aviation Herald received Germany's Pilot Association "Vereinigung Cockpit" may have a particular interest to identify the circumstances of the occurrences because of the captain of both occurrence flights.