Condor B753 enroute on Mar 28th 2013, poor ventilation of cabin

Last Update: March 29, 2013 / 17:08:52 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Mar 28, 2013

Classification
Accident

Airline
Condor

Flight number
DE-5439

Aircraft Registration
D-ABOL

Aircraft Type
Boeing 757-300

ICAO Type Designator
B753

A Condor Boeing 757-300, registration D-ABOL performing flight DE-5439 from Hurghada (Egypt) to Stuttgart (Germany) with 245 passengers and 9 crew, was enroute when a number of passengers began to complain about headache and nausea. The flight was continued to Stuttgart for a safe landing on runway 25.

Germany's BFU opened an investigation into the occurrence and dispatched investigators to Stuttgart.

The airline reported that cabin crew noticed poor ventilation of the cabin about two hours prior to landing in Stuttgart, a few passengers began to complain about headache and nausea, the flight crew was not affected. No odour was noticed at any time of the flight. Following safe landing the aircraft is being examined, first results suggest a malfunction of parts of the air conditioning systems.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Mar 28, 2013

Classification
Accident

Airline
Condor

Flight number
DE-5439

Aircraft Registration
D-ABOL

Aircraft Type
Boeing 757-300

ICAO Type Designator
B753

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