Wizz A320 at Turku on Jun 13th 2019, lightning strike
Last Update: June 13, 2019 / 20:16:52 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Jun 13, 2019
Classification
Incident
Cause
Lightning strike
Airline
Wizz Air
Flight number
W6-1751
Departure
Gdansk, Poland
Destination
Turku, Finland
Aircraft Registration
HA-LPZ
Aircraft Type
Airbus A320
ICAO Type Designator
A320
Airport
Turku Airport, Turku
Airport ICAO Code
EFTU
The aircraft was unable to continue its schedule and is still on the ground in Turku about 9 hours after landing.
Metars:
EFTU 131150Z AUTO 14015KT 9999 FEW025 19/12 Q1016=
EFTU 131120Z AUTO 11016KT 9999 FEW022 19/12 Q1015=
EFTU 131050Z AUTO 12017G27KT 080V150 9999 FEW022 19/11 Q1016=
EFTU 131020Z AUTO 11016KT CAVOK 20/11 Q1016=
EFTU 130950Z AUTO 12015KT 090V150 CAVOK 20/11 Q1016=
EFTU 130920Z AUTO 10016KT CAVOK 19/11 Q1016=
EFTU 130850Z AUTO 10016KT 9999 FEW020 SCT076 19/10 Q1016=
EFTU 130820Z AUTO 11014KT 9999 BKN020 17/10 Q1017=
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Jun 13, 2019
Classification
Incident
Cause
Lightning strike
Airline
Wizz Air
Flight number
W6-1751
Departure
Gdansk, Poland
Destination
Turku, Finland
Aircraft Registration
HA-LPZ
Aircraft Type
Airbus A320
ICAO Type Designator
A320
Airport
Turku Airport, Turku
Airport ICAO Code
EFTU
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