Source: Simon Hradecky | www.avherald.com

A Condor Boeing 757-300, registration D-ABOC performing flight DE-1408 from Frankfurt/Main (Germany) to Lanzarote,CI (Spain), was in the initial climb out of Frankfurt’s runway 18 when the crew declared Mayday reporting smoke in the cabin. The crew requested an immediate return to Frankfurt, ILS runway 25L, stopped the climb at 4000 feet and were eing vectored for the approach, but then decided to climb to 6000 feet and enter a hold. The aircraft landed safely back on Frankfurt’s runway 25L about 40 minutes after departure.

A replacement Boeing 757-300 registration D-ABOB reached Lanzarote with a delay of 4:45 hours. The occurrence aircraft is still on the ground in Frankfurt about 10 hours after landing back.