A Lufthansa Cargo McDonnell Douglas MD-11 freighter, registration D-ALCH performing flight LH-8365 from Hyderabad (India) to Sharjah (United Arab Emirates), was climbing out of Hyderabad's runway 27L when the crew stopped the climb at FL100 reporting smoke in the cockpit and returned to Hyderabad for a safe landing on runway 09R (in opposite direction to the active runway) about 15 minutes after departure. The occurrence aircraft is still on the ground 17 hours after landing back.