Condor B763 over Atlantic on Jun 25th 2013, electrical problems
Last Update: July 1, 2013 / 18:37:23 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Jun 25, 2013
Classification
Incident
Cause
Electrical problems
Airline
Condor
Flight number
DE-2078
Departure
Frankfurt/Main, Germany
Destination
Fort Lauderdale, United States
Aircraft Registration
D-ABUZ
Aircraft Type
Boeing 767-300
ICAO Type Designator
B763
A replacement Boeing 767-300 registration D-ABUB was dispatched to Lajes, departed Lajes to continue to Fort Lauderdale about 25 hours after landing of D-ABUZ, but needed to divert to Bermuda, see Incident: Condor B763 over Atlantic on Jun 26th 2013, electrical smell on board.
The incident aircraft departed Lajes on Jun 27th about 43 hours after landing for a positioning flight back to Germany.
The airline reported that an electrical smell was noticed on board, the crew declared emergency and diverted to Lajes. The passengers were taken to hotels. Maintenance determined as cause of the smell that a filter, which had been replaced in May 2013, had accumulated dust. The occurrence was not related to the gear indication problem on the previous flight.
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Jun 25, 2013
Classification
Incident
Cause
Electrical problems
Airline
Condor
Flight number
DE-2078
Departure
Frankfurt/Main, Germany
Destination
Fort Lauderdale, United States
Aircraft Registration
D-ABUZ
Aircraft Type
Boeing 767-300
ICAO Type Designator
B763
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