A Condor Boeing 757 departing Corfu for D\u00fcsseldorf experienced a serious engine issue just 40 minutes after takeoff on August 16, forcing an emergency landing in Brindisi, Italy. Passengers saw \u201cflames sputtering from the engine\u201d and heard \u201cloud booms,\u201d sparking panic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
One passenger told Bild<\/strong>, \u201cThe aircraft suddenly lost power for a few seconds and stopped climbing.\u201d Another said they believed \u201cit was the end,\u201d sending goodbye messages to family.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Condor stated the engine \u201cdid not catch fire\u201d but had \u201ca reaction at the back\u201d causing abnormal readings. Pilots diverted to Brindisi as a precaution, and the airline stressed that \u201cpassengers and crew were never in actual danger.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Travelers were stranded overnight, with some lacking hotel rooms. Condor apologized and promised reimbursement for extra costs. The plane is under technical inspection.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Mid-Air Scare on Condor Flight A Condor Boeing 757 departing Corfu for D\u00fcsseldorf experienced a serious engine issue just 40 minutes after takeoff on August 16, forcing an emergency landing in Brindisi, Italy. Passengers saw \u201cflames sputtering from the engine\u201d and heard \u201cloud booms,\u201d sparking panic. Passengers in Fear One passenger told Bild, \u201cThe aircraft suddenly…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4128,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4127","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4127","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4127"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4127\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4129,"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4127\/revisions\/4129"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/4128"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4127"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4127"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4127"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Airline Response<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Aftermath<\/h3>\n\n\n\n