Condor A320 at Hamburg on Oct 15th 2023, lightning strike
Last Update: October 15, 2023 / 21:19:16 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Oct 15, 2023
Classification
Incident
Cause
Lightning strike
Airline
Condor
Flight number
DE-154
Departure
Hamburg, Germany
Destination
Antalya, Turkey
Aircraft Registration
D-AICG
Aircraft Type
Airbus A320
ICAO Type Designator
A320
Airport
Hamburg Airport, Hamburg
Airport ICAO Code
EDDH
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
Cause
Lightning strike
Airline
Condor
Flight number
DE-154
Departure
Hamburg, Germany
Destination
Antalya, Turkey
Aircraft Registration
D-AICG
Aircraft Type
Airbus A320
ICAO Type Designator
A320
Airport
Hamburg Airport, Hamburg
Airport ICAO Code
EDDH
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