Condor B753 near Salzburg on Jul 28th 2012, smell of smoke in cockpit, failure of weather radar

Last Update: July 28, 2012 / 21:54:22 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Jul 28, 2012

Classification
Incident

Airline
Condor

Flight number
DE-6334

Departure
Frankfurt/Main, Germany

Destination
Antalya, Turkey

Aircraft Registration
D-ABOK

Aircraft Type
Boeing 757-300

ICAO Type Designator
B753

A Condor Boeing 757-300, registration D-ABOK performing flight DE-6334 from Frankfurt/Main (Germany) to Antalya (Turkey) with 264 passengers and 9 crew, was enroute at FL310 about 15nm north of Salzburg (Austria) when the crew reported the failure of the weather radar and a strong smell of smoke in the cockpit. The crew considered to divert to Munich and Salzburg, both of which were deemed unsuitable due to a line of thunderstorms moving across the area and decided to divert to Linz (Austria), where the aircraft landed safely on runway 26 about 25 minutes later. The aircraft taxied to apron where the passengers disembarked normally via stairs.

Linz Airport said a defect of the weather radar was identified by maintenance, the source of the smell however was not yet determined. The weather radar is going to be repaired. The passengers are currently waiting for a replacement aircraft.

A replacement Boeing 767-300 registration D-ABUH was dispatched to Linz and is currently enroute estimated to reach Antalya with a delay of 7 hours.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Jul 28, 2012

Classification
Incident

Airline
Condor

Flight number
DE-6334

Departure
Frankfurt/Main, Germany

Destination
Antalya, Turkey

Aircraft Registration
D-ABOK

Aircraft Type
Boeing 757-300

ICAO Type Designator
B753

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