Condor B763 near Toulouse on Jan 14th 2015, unidentifyable odour on board

Last Update: January 14, 2015 / 20:53:49 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Jan 14, 2015

Classification
Incident

Airline
Condor

Flight number
DE-3184

Destination
Havana, Cuba

Aircraft Registration
D-ABUF

Aircraft Type
Boeing 767-300

ICAO Type Designator
B763

A Condor Boeing 767-300, registration D-ABUF performing flight DE-3184 from Frankfurt/Main (Germany) to Havana (Cuba) with 258 passengers and 9 crew, was enroute at FL310 about 40nm west of Toulouse (France) when the crew squawked emergency and initiated a descent to FL090 (average rate of descent 1700 fpm) and turned around to return to Frankfurt. Enroute back to Frankfurt the aircraft climbed to FL240 and landed safely in Frankfurt about 2:15 hours after leaving FL310.

The airline reported the crew decided to return as a precaution due to an unidentifyable odour on board. The odour was present in cockpit and cabin while the cabin pressure remained entirely normal. The passengers were taken to hotels and are estimated to depart again the following day.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Jan 14, 2015

Classification
Incident

Airline
Condor

Flight number
DE-3184

Destination
Havana, Cuba

Aircraft Registration
D-ABUF

Aircraft Type
Boeing 767-300

ICAO Type Designator
B763

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