Condor B753 at Antalya and Munich on Jul 11th 2014, odour on board
Last Update: July 17, 2014 / 12:46:11 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Jul 11, 2014
Classification
Incident
Airline
Condor
Flight number
DE-5747
Departure
Antalya, Turkey
Destination
Munich, Germany
Aircraft Registration
D-ABOK
Aircraft Type
Boeing 757-300
ICAO Type Designator
B753
Germany's BFU reported that they received notification on Jul 14th (after the weekend) about the occurrence of Jul 11th, the BFU is currently collecting evidence and has not yet made an assessment whether to rate the occurrence an accident, serious incident or incident.
The airline reported that cabin crew noticed an odour similiar to chlorine/cleaning agents prior to departure. The odour re-occurred shortly before and during landing causing minor eye irritation to cabin crew. The flight crew did not notice any odour. There were no reactions from the passengers. Procedures established by the airline require all crew to undergo a medical checkup in such cases of odour. The occurrence was reported to the BFU, the aircraft underwent tests in Munich that did not identify any anomaly and returned to service the following day. The cause of the odour was subsequently identified in the fact, that a number of toilets had been removed from the aircraft, received deep cleaning and were re-assembled prior to departure for the previous flight from Stuttgart to Antalya. The cleaning agent used contains chlorine and develops an acid smell.
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Jul 11, 2014
Classification
Incident
Airline
Condor
Flight number
DE-5747
Departure
Antalya, Turkey
Destination
Munich, Germany
Aircraft Registration
D-ABOK
Aircraft Type
Boeing 757-300
ICAO Type Designator
B753
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