Baltic BCS3 at Hamburg on Jul 4th 2023, lightning strike

Last Update: July 6, 2023 / 07:33:03 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Jul 4, 2023

Classification
Incident

Airline
Air Baltic

Flight number
BT-252

Destination
Riga, Latvia

Aircraft Registration
YL-ABI

Aircraft Type
Airbus A220-300

ICAO Type Designator
BCS3

An Air Baltic Bombardier C-Series CS-300, registration YL-ABI performing flight BT-252 from Hamburg (Germany) to Riga (Latvia), was climbing out of Hamburg's runway 23 when the crew stopped the climb at about 12,000 feet after a lightning had struck the aircraft. The aircraft returned to Hamburg for a safe landing on runway 23 about 25 minutes after departure.

The flight was cancelled.

The occurrence aircraft is still on the ground in Hamburg about 43 hours after landing back.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Jul 4, 2023

Classification
Incident

Airline
Air Baltic

Flight number
BT-252

Destination
Riga, Latvia

Aircraft Registration
YL-ABI

Aircraft Type
Airbus A220-300

ICAO Type Designator
BCS3

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