ANZ A320 at Queenstown on May 20th 2018, lightning strike

Last Update: May 20, 2018 / 18:53:48 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
May 20, 2018

Classification
Incident

Cause
Lightning strike

Airline
ANZ Air New Zealand

Flight number
NZ-605

Departure
Wellington, New Zealand

Destination
Queenstown, New Zealand

Aircraft Registration
ZK-OXJ

Aircraft Type
Airbus A320

ICAO Type Designator
A320

An ANZ Air New Zealand Airbus A320-200, registration ZK-OXJ performing flight NZ-605 from Wellington to Queenstown (New Zealand), was on approach to Queenstown when the crew aborted the approach at about 5500 feet MSL due to a lightning strike and decided to divert to Christchurch. The aircraft climbed to FL190 and landed safely in Christchurch about 40 minutes after aborting the approach to Queenstown.

The occurrence aircraft is still on the ground in Christchurch about 16 hours after landing.

Another ANZ A320 had another lightning strike about 10 minutes later, see Incident: ANZ A320 at Queenstown on May 20th 2018, lightning strike.

No METARs are available for Queenstown, the TAF for the arrival time at about 01:50Z read:

TAF AMD NZQN 192152Z 1921/2012 05005KT 9999 -RA FEW030 BKN045 TEMPO 1921/2005 32010G20KT 6000 RA SCT040TCU BECMG 2004/2006 27012KT TEMPO 2005/2012 6000 SHRA FEW040TCU FM201100 18020G30KT 9999 -SHRA FEW020 BKN040=
Incident Facts

Date of incident
May 20, 2018

Classification
Incident

Cause
Lightning strike

Airline
ANZ Air New Zealand

Flight number
NZ-605

Departure
Wellington, New Zealand

Destination
Queenstown, New Zealand

Aircraft Registration
ZK-OXJ

Aircraft Type
Airbus A320

ICAO Type Designator
A320

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