Sunwing B738 near Amsterdam on Sep 9th 2017, lightning strike
Last Update: September 10, 2017 / 20:12:43 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Sep 9, 2017
Classification
Incident
Cause
Lightning strike
Airline
Sunwing Airlines
Flight number
OR-384
Departure
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Destination
Rhodes, Greece
Aircraft Registration
C-FYLC
Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-800
ICAO Type Designator
B738
A replacement Tui Airlines Nederland Boeing 737-800 registration PH-TFB reached Rhodes with a delay of 6 hours.
The occurrence aircraft remained on the ground for 26 hours then returned to service.
Metars:
EHAM 091425Z 26012KT 9999 FEW028CB SCT032 17/11 Q0997 NOSIG=
EHAM 091355Z 27013KT 230V300 9999 FEW027CB SCT030 18/11 Q0996 NOSIG=
EHAM 091325Z 25014KT 220V290 9999 FEW027CB SCT030 18/11 Q0996 NOSIG=
EHAM 091255Z 27013KT 240V300 9999 FEW030 17/11 Q0996 NOSIG=
EHAM 091225Z 27013KT 240V300 9999 VCSH FEW031 17/11 Q0996 NOSIG=
EHAM 091155Z 28014KT 9999 FEW028 17/12 Q0995 NOSIG=
EHAM 091125Z 24010KT 190V290 9999 FEW030TCU 17/11 Q0995 NOSIG=
EHAM 091055Z 20008KT 9999 FEW033 16/14 Q0995 NOSIG=
EHAM 090955Z 21011KT 180V240 9999 FEW036 16/13 Q0995 NOSIG=
EHAM 090925Z 21011KT 9999 FEW030 15/12 Q0995 NOSIG=
EHAM 090855Z 21009KT 180V240 9999 FEW030 14/12 Q0994 NOSIG=
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Sep 9, 2017
Classification
Incident
Cause
Lightning strike
Airline
Sunwing Airlines
Flight number
OR-384
Departure
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Destination
Rhodes, Greece
Aircraft Registration
C-FYLC
Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-800
ICAO Type Designator
B738
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