High requirements

The area to be protected of the new A380 hangar at Frankfurt Airport is about 15,000 m² and will be fully covered by permanently mounted turrets. The turret parabolas must be adapted to the conditions on site and the low mounting positions of the turrets. To optimally protect the expensive machinery and building, a very efficient extinguishing system is required. It must ensure the fastest possible extinguishing result and prevent the fire from spreading.

To keep training efforts and costs down, the system was equipped with the same operating elements (joysticks) as the PANTHER and SIMBA airport firefighting vehicles.

Lufthansa Technik is the leading manufacturer-independent supplier of maintenance, repair and overhaul services as well as modifications in the civil aviation industry. With tailor-made commissioning programs and the most modern repair processes, Lufthansa Technik continues to ensure the reliability and availability of their customers' fleets - above all for Lufthansa.Lufthansa Technology maintains three large maintenance halls at Lufthansa's hub in Frankfurt am Main. Here, employees service aircraft from Lufthansa as well as from many other companies 365 days a year and around the clock the.