Condor A339 near Mauritius on Mar 2nd 2023, turbulence injures 20

Last Update: March 16, 2023 / 17:04:44 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Mar 2, 2023

Classification
Accident

Airline
Condor

Flight number
DE-2314

Aircraft Registration
D-ANRA

Aircraft Type
Airbus A330-900

ICAO Type Designator
A339

A Condor Airbus A330-900N, registration D-ANRA performing flight DE-2314 (dep Mar 1st) from Frankfurt/Main (Germany) to Mauritius (Mauritius) with 272 passengers and 13 crew, was enroute at FL390 about two hours before estimated landing in Mauritius when the aircraft encountered turbulence causing injuries to a number of occupants. The aircraft continued to Mauritius for a landing on runway 14 without further incident.

The airline reported the aircraft encountered turbulence about 2 hours prior to landing, 20 passengers received injuries, the aircraft cabin received some damage to be further assessed.

The aircraft is still on the ground in Mauritius about 14 hours after landing.

On Mar 16th 2023 the German BFU reported that five occupants received serious injuries when the aircraft encountered severe turbulence. The occurrence is being investigated by Germany's BFU.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Mar 2, 2023

Classification
Accident

Airline
Condor

Flight number
DE-2314

Aircraft Registration
D-ANRA

Aircraft Type
Airbus A330-900

ICAO Type Designator
A339

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