Toki AT72 at Nagoya on Dec 15th 2024, lightning strike

Last Update: December 19, 2024 / 21:05:05 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Dec 15, 2024

Classification
Accident

Cause
Lightning strike

Airline
Toki Air

Flight number
BV-404

Departure
Nagoya, Japan

Destination
Niigata, Japan

Aircraft Registration
JA02QQ

Aircraft Type
ATR ATR-72-200

ICAO Type Designator
AT72

A Toki Air Avions de Transport Regional ATR-72-212A, registration JA02QQ performing flight BV-404 from Nagoya to Niigata (Japan), was climbing out of Nagoya's runway 36 when the aircraft received a lightning strike. The aircraft continued to climb to FL170 and landed on Niigata's runway 28 about 65 minutes after departure.

The airline reported the aircraft needed to be taken off service for repairs. The airline was forced to cancel flights until Dec 20th due to their second aircraft being out of service until then and reduce the flight schedule until Jan 13th 2025, when JA02QQ is estimated to return to service.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Dec 15, 2024

Classification
Accident

Cause
Lightning strike

Airline
Toki Air

Flight number
BV-404

Departure
Nagoya, Japan

Destination
Niigata, Japan

Aircraft Registration
JA02QQ

Aircraft Type
ATR ATR-72-200

ICAO Type Designator
AT72

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