Edelweiss A320 near Zurich on Oct 21st 2014, lightning strike
Last Update: October 21, 2014 / 21:40:28 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Oct 21, 2014
Classification
Incident
Cause
Lightning strike
Airline
Edelweiss Air
Flight number
LX-1026
Departure
Zurich, Switzerland
Destination
Dusseldorf, Germany
Aircraft Registration
HB-IJV
Aircraft Type
Airbus A320
ICAO Type Designator
A320
A post flight inspection found lightning entry damage, black traces, at the nose of the aircraft but no exit points. The aircraft was unable to depart for the return flight LX-1027 which needed to be cancelled.
On Oct 21st the remnants of Hurricane Gonzalo moved from the British Islands across Europe in a large front reaching Austria in the evening with violent thunderstorms and gusting windspeeds around 40 knots on the ground.
Aircraft Registration Data
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Oct 21, 2014
Classification
Incident
Cause
Lightning strike
Airline
Edelweiss Air
Flight number
LX-1026
Departure
Zurich, Switzerland
Destination
Dusseldorf, Germany
Aircraft Registration
HB-IJV
Aircraft Type
Airbus A320
ICAO Type Designator
A320
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