A Condor Airbus A321-200, registration D-AIAI performing flight DE-1664 from Frankfurt/Main (Germany) to Kalamata (Greece), landed on Kalamata's runway 17R but touched down hard. The aircraft rolled out without further incident and taxied to the apron.
The return flight needed to be postponed, was carried out by a replacement A321-200 registration D-AIAB the following day and reached Frankfurt with a delay of about 18 hours.
The occurrence aircraft remained on the ground in Kalamata for about 42.5 hours before positioning to Dusseldorf. The aircraft is still on the ground in Dusseldorf about 3 hours after landing there.
A passenger reported the captain of the planned return flight informed passengers on May 15th 2026 that the aircraft had suffered a hard landing level 1 (minor abnormal runway contact requiring maintenance checks), the return flight was postponed to the following day.
The return flight needed to be postponed, was carried out by a replacement A321-200 registration D-AIAB the following day and reached Frankfurt with a delay of about 18 hours.
The occurrence aircraft remained on the ground in Kalamata for about 42.5 hours before positioning to Dusseldorf. The aircraft is still on the ground in Dusseldorf about 3 hours after landing there.
A passenger reported the captain of the planned return flight informed passengers on May 15th 2026 that the aircraft had suffered a hard landing level 1 (minor abnormal runway contact requiring maintenance checks), the return flight was postponed to the following day.
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