Condor A321 at Kalamata on May 15th 2026, hard landing
Last Update: May 17, 2026 / 16:48:47 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
May 15, 2026
Classification
Incident
Cause
Hard landing
Airline
Condor
Flight number
DE-1664
Departure
Frankfurt/Main, Germany
Destination
Kalamata, Greece
Aircraft Registration
D-AIAI
Aircraft Type
Airbus A321
ICAO Type Designator
A321
The return flight needed to be postponed, was carried out by a replacement A321-200 registration D-AIAB the following day and reached Frankfurt with a delay of about 18 hours.
The occurrence aircraft remained on the ground in Kalamata for about 42.5 hours before positioning to Dusseldorf. The aircraft is still on the ground in Dusseldorf about 3 hours after landing there.
A passenger reported the captain of the planned return flight informed passengers on May 15th 2026 that the aircraft had suffered a hard landing level 1 (minor abnormal runway contact requiring maintenance checks), the return flight was postponed to the following day.
Incident Facts
Date of incident
May 15, 2026
Classification
Incident
Cause
Hard landing
Airline
Condor
Flight number
DE-1664
Departure
Frankfurt/Main, Germany
Destination
Kalamata, Greece
Aircraft Registration
D-AIAI
Aircraft Type
Airbus A321
ICAO Type Designator
A321
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