Condor B753 near Athens on Nov 29th 2024, two navigation computers failed

Last Update: December 7, 2024 / 11:44:31 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Nov 29, 2024

Classification
Incident

Airline
Condor

Flight number
DE-30

Destination
Hurghada, Egypt

Aircraft Registration
D-ABON

Aircraft Type
Boeing 757-300

ICAO Type Designator
B753

A Condor Boeing 757-300, registration D-ABON performing flight DE-30 from Frankfurt/Main (Germany) to Hurghada (Egypt), was enroute at FL350 over the Mediterranean Sea about 280nm southeast of Athens (Greece) when the crew turned the aircraft around and diverted to Athens, where the aircraft landed on runway 21R about 50 minutes later.

The aircraft remained on the ground in Athens for about 2.5 hours and reached Hurghada with a delay of about 4 hours. The return flight DE-31 was postponed to the next day and reached Frankfurt with a delay of about 19 hours. On Nov 30th 2024 the aircraft positioned from Frankfurt to Dusseldorf and is on the ground in Dusseldorf since (standing Dec 7th 2024).

A passenger reported the crew announced two navigation computers had failed and they needed maintenance in Athens. After landing the computers were reset, the passenger wrote: "The aircraft neede to be shut down entirely for a few minutes and the computers were reset." After refueling the aircraft continued to Hurghada where they arrived with a delay of about 4 hours.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Nov 29, 2024

Classification
Incident

Airline
Condor

Flight number
DE-30

Destination
Hurghada, Egypt

Aircraft Registration
D-ABON

Aircraft Type
Boeing 757-300

ICAO Type Designator
B753

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