ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 203223
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| Date: | Saturday 22 July 2017 |
| Time: | 02:00 UTC |
| Type: |  Boeing 767-343ER (WL) |
| Owner/operator: | Condor |
| Registration: | D-ABUK |
| MSN: | 30009/746 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1999 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 8 |
| Aircraft damage: | Minor |
| Category: | Serious incident |
| Location: | over North Sea, En route from Kangerlussuaq, Greenland to Frankfurt -
 Atlantic Ocean
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Ferry/positioning |
| Departure airport: | Kangerlussuaq-Søndre Strømfjord Airport (SFJ/BGSF) |
| Frankfurt International Airport (FRA/EDDF) | |
| Investigating agency: | AAIB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
On July 20, Condor flight DE2064, a Boeing 767-300, was en route at FL330 about 330nm north of Kangerlussuaq, Greenland when the first officer noticed a strange smell – “like burning rubber” – coming from the right-hand side of the cockpit.
The smell slowly intensified and seemed to be coming from the air outlet to the right of the first officer’s instrument panel. The flight crew initiated a troubleshooting conferring with the operator’s technical department via satellite telephone.
Because the smell intensified, the flight crew decided to perform the “Smoke, Fire or Fumes” checklist. Approximately 30 minutes after the smell appeared, the flight crew declared a state of urgency (PAN PAN) to Reykjavik Control and requested a diversion to Kangerlussuaq (BGSF), which was located approximately 330 nautical miles to the south of aircraft position.
During the descent, the “Smoke, Fire or Fumes” checklist was completed and the flight crew had donned their oxygen masks. The aircraft safely landed at BGSF at 16:11 UTC without any further technical issues.
During the event, neither fire nor smoke was observed and no person suffered any injury. After the aircraft had parked, the airport fire and rescue service personnel entered the aircraft and inspected the cabin and the cockpit.
Then the commander and the fire and rescue service personnel inspected the aircraft electronic equipment compartment. Both inspections revealed neither signs of fire nor smoke and the smell was only identifiable in the cockpit.
The maintenance personnel did not find any technical issues with the aircraft except for some food residues left in an oven in the forward galley, which they concluded was the source of the smell. The operator dispatched a replacement aircraft with maintenance personnel to BGSF.
The incident aircraft was prepared for a ferry flight back to Germany and took off from Kangerlussuaq on July 21, 22:27 UTC. Shortly after takeoff, an unusual odor was again noted. While en route over the North Sea at about 02:00 UTC (July 22), smoke began to develop on the right-hand side of the flight deck. The flight crew declared an emergency and decided to divert to Newcastle, U.K. A safe landing was carried out at 02:32 UTC.
The aircraft was finally ferried back to Frankfurt at 24 July and re-entered service on July 25.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
1. AAIB: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/5a82f018e5274a2e87dc3bb8/Boeing_767-300_D-ABUK_03-18.pdf
2. http://havarikommissionen.dk/index.php?option=com_contentbuilder&title=search-aviation-hclj510-2017-336-statement&controller=details&id=4&record_id=683&Itemid=225&limitstart=0&filter_order=&lang=da
3. https://www.flightradar24.com/data/aircraft/d-abuk#e2989f3
4. https://www.flightradar24.com/data/aircraft/d-abuk#e2efe7c
5. https://www.bfu-web.de/DE/Publikationen/Bulletins/2017/Bulletin2017-07.pdf;jsessionid=E013377072C8E57CF4388D612947C6DB.live21301?__blob=publicationFile
6. http://avherald.com/h?article=4abedcbe&opt=0
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 29 January 2016 | D-ABUK | Condor | 0 | Cape Town International Airport (CPT/FACT) |  |
unk |
| 20 July 2017 | D-ABUK | Condor | 0 | 330 nautical miles (nm) north of Kangerlussuaq (BGSF) |  |
min |
| Inflight smoke | ||||||
Media:
Condor Boeing 767-300 D-ABUK
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 22-Dec-2017 12:40 | harro | Added |
| 08-Mar-2018 14:50 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Total occupants, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 08-Mar-2018 15:44 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Location, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 08-Mar-2018 15:47 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source] |
| 08-Mar-2018 20:30 | harro | Updated [Narrative] |
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