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| Date: | Thursday 2 March 2023 |
| Time: | c. 00:45 UTC |
| Type: |  Airbus A330-941 |
| Owner/operator: | Condor Flugdienst |
| Registration: | D-ANRA |
| MSN: | 1966 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2022 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 850 hours |
| Cycles: | 89 flights |
| Engine model: | Rolls-Royce Trent 7000-72 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 290 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Minor, repaired |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | near Seychelles -
 Indian Ocean
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Frankfurt International Airport (FRA/EDDF) |
| Mauritius-Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam International Airport (MRU/FIMP) | |
| Investigating agency: | BFU |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Condor flight DE2314, an Airbus A330-941, encountered turbulence in Seychelles airspace at FL390 while en route to Mauritius.
Six passengers suffered severe, 15 passengers and one cabin crew member minor injuries, which were treated at hospital.
Causes
The accident which occurred in cruise flight during significant turbulences is due to the following direct causes:
- The weather radar captured a bank of clouds which was displayed in green on the Navigation Display (ND). The bank of clouds included an upwind and downwind region, which could not be recognised in its intensity by the flight crew
and generated severe turbulence over a period of 10 s.
- The initiated change of heading about 20 NM ahead of the bank of clouds occurred too late so that the aircraft entered the top layer of clouds.
- Some passengers not wearing their seat belts, suffered injuries, some of them serious.
The investigation identified the following contributory factors:
- According to the co-pilots’ statements the weather radar was set to the All WX mode and did not display turbulence on the ND.
- Due to the dynamic growth of the cloud area, its actual extent was only recognised shortly before entering the bank of clouds.
- The Initial Safety & Emergency Procedures Training the operator had conducted for flight and cabin crew members showed deficits in handling on-board systems, especially the on-board communications system.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
https://english.lematinal.media/emergency-landing-for-a-condor-plane-at-ssr-airport-this-morning-17-injured/
https://www.flightradar24.com/data/aircraft/d-anra#2f5e5dc4
https://bea.aero/en/investigation-reports/notified-events/detail/serious-incident-to-the-airbus-a330-registered-d-anra-operated-by-condor-on-02-03-2023-en-route/
BFU23-0102-2X
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 12 December 2022 | D-ANRA | Condor | 0 | Toulouse–Blagnac Airport (TLS/LFBO) |  |
min |
| Collision with Ground support equipment | ||||||
| 20 September 2023 | D-ANRA | Condor Flugdienst | 0 | Frankfurt International Airport (FRA/EDDF) |  |
non |
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 28-Jun-2023 10:34 | harro | Updated |
| 20-May-2024 16:48 | ASN | Updated [Category, ] |
| 02-Jan-2025 07:55 | Anon. | Updated [Narrative, ] |
| 04-Apr-2025 18:57 | ASN | Updated [Total occupants, Narrative, Accident report, ] |
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