Condor B763 over Atlantic on Mar 18th 2014, aircraft lost 4050 feet of altitude
Last Update: August 8, 2014 / 14:21:29 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Mar 18, 2014
Classification
Incident
Airline
Condor
Flight number
DE-2157
Departure
Cancun, Mexico
Destination
Frankfurt/Main, Germany
Aircraft Registration
D-ABUI
Aircraft Type
Boeing 767-300
ICAO Type Designator
B763
Germany's BFU reported in their monthly bulletin, that the flight data recorder showed the nose dropped to 18 degrees nose down, the aircraft lost 4050 feet of altitude over a period of 30 seconds, the airspeed rose from 235 KIAS to 310 KIAS in the same time. There were no injuries, the remainder of the flight was without further incident. The captain (40, ATPL, 14,049 hours total experience) was assisted by a first officer (34, ATPL, 3,134 hours total experience), a senior first officer (34, 4,650 hours total experience) complemented the crew but was not in the cockpit at the time of the occurrence. According to weather charts of the area a field of clouds with embedded isolated thunderstorm clouds between below FL100 and FL390 was visible adjacent to the aircraft's route. An investigation into the serious incident is ongoing.
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Mar 18, 2014
Classification
Incident
Airline
Condor
Flight number
DE-2157
Departure
Cancun, Mexico
Destination
Frankfurt/Main, Germany
Aircraft Registration
D-ABUI
Aircraft Type
Boeing 767-300
ICAO Type Designator
B763
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