Flames break out of the engine: Condor aircraft must make an emergency landing immediately

Created: 01/09/2022, 11:13 AM

From: Kerstin Kesselgruber

Shock moment after take-off: A vacation plane has to make an emergency landing on Fuerteventura shortly after taking off from the Canary Island of Lanzarote due to engine problems.

Arrecife / Hamburg - After an emergency landing and an involuntary stopover on Fuerteventura, a good 200 vacationers arrived in Hamburg on Saturday evening (January 8th, 2022).

The day before, shortly after taking off from the Canary Island of Lanzarote, her plane from the Condor holiday airline had made an emergency landing due to an engine failure on the neighboring island.

With a replacement aircraft, they were finally brought to the original destination Hamburg on Saturday, as a spokeswoman for the airline said.

The first machine had a malfunction on one of the engines on Friday (January 7th, 2022) immediately after take-off, combined with cracking noises.

According to the Aviation Herald, which reports special occurrences on flights around the world, it was a Boeing 757-300.

On Friday, a plane belonging to the Condor holiday airline had to make an emergency landing on Fuerteventura shortly after take-off from Lanzarote due to an engine failure.

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Shock moment in the aircraft: Flames hit the right engine

The pilots of the aircraft had initiated the usual procedure in such cases and declared an "air emergency" in order to be able to land at the alternate airport with priority, she said.

A video broadcast by a Spanish broadcaster showed how flames started to break out of the right engine shortly after take-off.

The 209 passengers and eight crew members could have left the plane in the normal way after the emergency landing, said the spokeswoman.

Nobody was harmed.

On Saturday, a replacement aircraft should come from Frankfurt * airport and take the travelers to their destination airport in Hamburg.

The cause of the engine malfunction is now to be investigated.

Just a few weeks ago, a Ryanair flight to Fuerteventura was scheduled to take off at Frankfurt Airport *.

At the last moment the pilots noticed a breakdown.

A Condor pilot suddenly had to interrupt his flight to Gran Canaria at Frankfurt Airport.

The airline commented on the incident.

(kke / dpa)