Condor B763 near Minneapolis on May 29th 2018, smoke in cockpit
Last Update: May 31, 2018 / 09:32:08 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
May 29, 2018
Classification
Incident
Cause
Smoke in cockpit
Airline
Condor
Flight number
DE-2010
Departure
Frankfurt/Main, Germany
Destination
Minneapolis, United States
Aircraft Registration
D-ABUP
Aircraft Type
Boeing 767-300
ICAO Type Designator
B763
A passenger reported the crew told them there had been smoke in the cockpit emitting from one of the radios. The aircraft landed and taxied to the gate, firemen came on board with thermal equipment and inspected the aircraft.
The occurrence aircraft remained on the ground in Minneapolis for 17 hours, then departed for the return flight DE-2011 with a delay of 16:20 hours but needed to return to Minneapolis again, this time without emergency services on stand by.
Following the return the aircraft remained on the ground for another 12 hours, then departed again and is currently enroute over the Labrador Sea estimated to reach Frankfurt with a delay of 29 hours.
Incident Facts
Date of incident
May 29, 2018
Classification
Incident
Cause
Smoke in cockpit
Airline
Condor
Flight number
DE-2010
Departure
Frankfurt/Main, Germany
Destination
Minneapolis, United States
Aircraft Registration
D-ABUP
Aircraft Type
Boeing 767-300
ICAO Type Designator
B763
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