A Condor Boeing 767-300, registration D-ABUM performing flight DE-2314 from Frankfurt/Main (Germany) to Mauritius (Mauritius) with 242 passengers and 10 crew, was enroute at FL310 about 120nm westnorthwest of Athens (Greece) when the crew detected a hydraulic failure and began to check weather of surrounding airports (Athens, Heraklion, Chania, Rhodos, Cairo, Luxor, …) suitable for diversion. The crew subsequently decided to divert to Chania (Greece) prefering Chania over Heraklion due to the longer runway (3350 vs. 2700 meters, 10980 feet vs 8800 feet), advised they might not have nose wheel steering and were landing at a higher than normal speed, and landed the aircraft safely on runway 29 at a higher speed than normal about 50 minutes later.
The aircraft remained on the ground for 18 hours, then continued the journey and reached Mauritius with a delay of 19.5 hours.
The airline reported a hydraulic failure, spare parts needed to be taken to Chania.
The Aviation Herald
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