Condor A332 at Mombasa on Oct 18th 2023, unsafe gear after departure

Last Update: October 19, 2023 / 15:38:34 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Oct 18, 2023

Classification
Incident

Airline
Condor

Flight number
DE-2282

Aircraft Registration
D-AIYC

Aircraft Type
Airbus A330-200

ICAO Type Designator
A332

A Condor Airbus A330-200, registration D-AIYC performing flight DE-2282 from Mombasa (Kenya) to Zanzibar (Tanzania), was climbing out of Mombasa's runway 18 when the crew stopped the climb at FL100 after receiving indication the gear had not retracted. The aircraft entered a hold while the crew was working the checklists, subsequently performed a low approach to Mombasa to have the landing gear visually inspected from the ground. With no adverse observation the crew decided to climb to about FL160 and to continue the flight to Zanzibar located about 130nm south of Mombasa where the aircraft landed safely on runway 18 about 110 minutes after departure with a delay of about 90 minutes.

The aircraft remained on the ground in Zanzibar for about 2 hours, then continued the flight back to Frankfurt/Main (Germany), where the aircraft arrived with 2.5 hours delay.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Oct 18, 2023

Classification
Incident

Airline
Condor

Flight number
DE-2282

Aircraft Registration
D-AIYC

Aircraft Type
Airbus A330-200

ICAO Type Designator
A332

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