Condor B763 near Addis Ababa on Apr 3rd 2013, weather radar failure
Last Update: April 4, 2013 / 20:48:53 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Apr 3, 2013
Classification
Incident
Airline
Condor
Flight number
DE-3314
Departure
Frankfurt/Main, Germany
Destination
Mauritius, Mauritius
Aircraft Registration
D-ABUI
Aircraft Type
Boeing 767-300
ICAO Type Designator
B763
The aircraft reached Mauritius with a delay of 19 hours.
A passenger reported the aircraft was just flying through a zone of thunderstorms when the crew announced the weather radar had failed and they were diverting to Addis Ababa. A first attempt to repair the damage around noon the following day was not successful, the passengers are now already waiting for 16.5 hours to continue the flight, 13.5 hours thereof in the terminal of Addis Ababa.
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Apr 3, 2013
Classification
Incident
Airline
Condor
Flight number
DE-3314
Departure
Frankfurt/Main, Germany
Destination
Mauritius, Mauritius
Aircraft Registration
D-ABUI
Aircraft Type
Boeing 767-300
ICAO Type Designator
B763
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