Lufthansa A343 over Norwegian Sea on Oct 3rd 2014, strong odour on board

A Lufthansa Airbus A340-300, registration D-AIGI performing flight LH-490 from Frankfurt/Main (Germany) to Seattle,WA (USA), was enroute at FL340 over the Norwegian Sea north of the Faroer Islands when the crew decided to return to Frankfurt due a strong odour on board. The aircraft landed safely back in Frankfurt about 2.5 hours later.

Passengers reported a strong odour on board, one passenger even mentioned smoke on board.

The flight was cancelled.