Condor A320 at Hamburg on Oct 15th 2023, lightning strike

Last Update: October 15, 2023 / 21:19:16 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Oct 15, 2023

Classification
Incident

Airline
Condor

Flight number
DE-154

Destination
Antalya, Turkey

Aircraft Registration
D-AICG

Aircraft Type
Airbus A320

ICAO Type Designator
A320

Airport ICAO Code
EDDH

A Condor Airbus A320-200, registration D-AICG performing flight DE-154 from Hamburg (Germany) to Antalya (Turkey) with 178 people on board, was climbing out of Hamburg's runway 33 when the aircraft received a lightning strike. The crew continued the climb initially but stopped at FL270 and decided to divert to Munich (Germany), where the aircraft landed overweight but safely on runway 26L about 50 minutes after departure.

A replacement A320-200 registration D-AICF continued the flight and reached Antalya with a delay of about 2 hours.

The occurrence aircraft is still on the ground in Munich about 7 hours after landing.

Metars:
EDDH 151450Z AUTO 28009KT 240V310 9999 SHRA FEW015 BKN031 BKN044 FEW///CB 08/06 Q1016 TEMPO 28015G25KT NSW=
EDDH 151420Z AUTO 25008KT 230V290 9999 FEW035 09/06 Q1016 RESHRA TEMPO 28015G25KT SHRA SCT012 BKN020CB=
EDDH 151350Z AUTO 27009KT 9999 SHRA FEW020 SCT036 FEW///CB 08/06 Q1015 TEMPO 28015G25KT NSW=
EDDH 151320Z AUTO 25011KT 220V290 9999 SHRA FEW017 SCT035 FEW///CB 09/06 Q1015 TEMPO 28015G25KT NSW=
EDDH 151250Z AUTO 24014KT 220V280 9999 FEW023 SCT044 09/06 Q1015 TEMPO 28015G25KT SHRA SCT012 BKN020CB=
EDDH 151220Z AUTO 25011KT 220V280 9999 VCSH FEW021 FEW///CB 09/06 Q1015 RESHRA TEMPO 28015G25KT SHRA SCT012 BKN020CB=
EDDH 151150Z AUTO 24013KT 9999 SHRA FEW015 SCT048 FEW///CB 08/06 Q1015 TEMPO 28015G30KT NSW=
EDDH 151120Z AUTO 24013KT 210V280 9999 -SHRA FEW015 FEW///CB 08/06 Q1015 TEMPO 28015G30KT SHRA SCT012 BKN020CB=
EDDH 151050Z AUTO 24013KT 9999 FEW012 08/06 Q1015 TEMPO 28015G30KT SHRA=
EDDH 151020Z AUTO 24011KT 9999 -SHRA BKN014 BKN044 FEW///CB 08/06 Q1015 RESHRA BECMG SCT014 BKN040=
EDDH 150950Z AUTO 26009KT 220V290 9999 SHRA FEW010 BKN025 OVC042 FEW///CB 07/06 Q1015 TEMPO 26015G25KT NSW BKN012=
EDDH 150920Z AUTO 23011KT 9999 -SHRA FEW035 FEW///TCU 07/05 Q1014 RESHRA TEMPO 27015G30KT SHRA=
EDDH 150850Z AUTO 24013KT 9999 SHRA SCT024 BKN037 FEW///CB 06/05 Q1014 TEMPO 26015G25KT NSW=
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Oct 15, 2023

Classification
Incident

Airline
Condor

Flight number
DE-154

Destination
Antalya, Turkey

Aircraft Registration
D-AICG

Aircraft Type
Airbus A320

ICAO Type Designator
A320

Airport ICAO Code
EDDH

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