Expressjet CRJ7 near Wichita on Sep 10th 2015, lightning strike
Last Update: September 14, 2015 / 22:35:44 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Sep 10, 2015
Classification
Incident
Cause
Lightning strike
Airline
Expressjet
Flight number
EV-5151
Departure
Minneapolis, United States
Destination
San Antonio, United States
Aircraft Registration
N710EV
Aircraft Type
Canadair CRJ-700
ICAO Type Designator
CRJ7
The aircraft is still on the ground in Wichita about 18 hours later, lighting strike marks were found at its left hand wing.
A replacement Canadair CRJ-900 reached San Antonio with a delay of 6 hours.
On Sep 14th 2015 The Aviation Herald learned that the aircraft experienced the failure of all air data computers including standby resulting in altitude and airspeed indications becoming unreliable.
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Sep 10, 2015
Classification
Incident
Cause
Lightning strike
Airline
Expressjet
Flight number
EV-5151
Departure
Minneapolis, United States
Destination
San Antonio, United States
Aircraft Registration
N710EV
Aircraft Type
Canadair CRJ-700
ICAO Type Designator
CRJ7
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