A holiday plane has to make an emergency landing on Fuerteventura shortly after take-off in Lanzarote due to engine problems. Nobody is harmed, but the return flight to Hamburg is extended by one day.
Arrecife / Lanzarote / Hamburg – After an emergency landing and an involuntary stopover on Fuerteventura, a good 200 Canary Islands vacationers arrived in Hamburg on Saturday evening.
On Friday, the Condor holiday airline made an emergency landing shortly after take-off from Lanzarote 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 immediately after take-off, combined with cracking noises. The pilots 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 broke out from the right engine shortly after take-off.
The 209 passengers and eight crew members could have left the machine after the emergency landing in the normal way, said the spokeswoman. Nobody was harmed. The cause of the engine malfunction is now to be investigated. dpa
