Engine problems over the Atlantic: Condor flight suddenly has to turn around

Created: 01/10/2022, 12:04 PM

From: Erik Scharf

A Condor plane has to interrupt its journey from Frankfurt Airport to Punta Cana (Dominican Republic).

(Symbol photo) © Kevin Hackert / Imago

For passengers on a Condor flight from Frankfurt Airport to the Dominican Republic, the journey across the Atlantic is taking an ugly turn.

Frankfurt - For passengers on Condor flight DE-2162 from Frankfurt Airport * to Punta Cana (Dominican Republic), the journey across the Atlantic has taken an unpleasant turn.

As the Aviation Herald portal reports, an incident occurred on Saturday (January 8th, 2022) in the middle of a flight.

Around 450 kilometers west of Lisbon (Portugal), the oil gauge on a Boeing 763-300 engine forced the pilots to suddenly turn around.

A little later, the crew on board the Condor flight from Frankfurt Airport * even had to turn off the engine, as Aviation Herald reports.

The landing at the airport in Lisbon went without any problems.

The journey to the Dominican Republic was over for the time being.

Frankfurt Airport: Condor flies replacement aircraft to Lisbon due to an engine incident

It was only on Sunday (January 9th, 2022) that Condor sent a replacement aircraft from Frankfurt Airport to Lisbon at 7.30 a.m.

After landing at 9.29 a.m., the Boeing 767-330 left for Punta Cana in the Dominican Republic at 11.30 a.m.

The passengers finally landed there with a delay of around 22.5 hours.

It is the second incident on a Condor flight within a few hours.

Also on Saturday (January 8th, 2022) flames struck a Condor machine from the engine on the way from the island of Lanzarote to Hamburg.

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