TAROM A318 near Istanbul on Jan 12th 2013, lightning strike
Last Update: January 13, 2013 / 16:25:04 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Jan 12, 2013
Classification
Incident
Cause
Lightning strike
Airline
Tarom
Flight number
RO-263
Departure
Bucharest Otopeni, Romania
Destination
Istanbul Ataturk, Turkey
Aircraft Registration
YR-ASC
Aircraft Type
Airbus A318
ICAO Type Designator
A318
The return flight RO-264 was cancelled.
The incident aircraft however departed Istanbul as flight RO-264 on Jan 13th at 01:40L (Jan 12th 23:40Z) and reached Bucharest with a delay of 6.5 hours, but remained on the ground thereafter so far.
The airline confirmed the return flight was cancelled because the aircraft was struck by lightning while descending towards Istanbul and received minor damage. The 82 passengers booked onto the return flight were rebooked onto other flights, some on the same day, others were taken to hotels and rebooked onto other flights the following day.
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Jan 12, 2013
Classification
Incident
Cause
Lightning strike
Airline
Tarom
Flight number
RO-263
Departure
Bucharest Otopeni, Romania
Destination
Istanbul Ataturk, Turkey
Aircraft Registration
YR-ASC
Aircraft Type
Airbus A318
ICAO Type Designator
A318
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