British Airways A319 near Bergen on Dec 11th 2014, lightning strike
Last Update: December 11, 2014 / 23:40:54 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Dec 11, 2014
Classification
Incident
Cause
Lightning strike
Airline
British Airways
Flight number
BA-758
Departure
London Heathrow, United Kingdom
Destination
Bergen, Norway
Aircraft Registration
G-EUOF
Aircraft Type
Airbus A319
ICAO Type Designator
A319
The return flight BA-757 was cancelled.
A passenger waiting for the return flight reported the captain announced on the airport's PA that the aircraft had received a lightning strike during the approach, damage was visible on the fuselage and maintenance engineers needed to be flown in from London or Oslo.
The occurrence aircraft is still on the ground in Bergen 12 hours after landing.
Metars:
ENBR 111150Z 18015KT 9999 VCSH FEW008 SCT015CB BKN023 05/03 Q0978 TEMPO 22020G30KT 4000 TSRAGS BKN012CB RMK WIND 1200FT /////KT
ENBR 111120Z 15014KT 9999 7000N SHRAGS FEW007 SCT015CB BKN023 05/02 Q0978 TEMPO 22020G30KT 4000 TSRAGS BKN012CB RMK WIND 1200FT /////KT
ENBR 111050Z 15011KT 9999 VCSH FEW008 SCT015CB BKN023 04/02 Q0978 TEMPO 22020G30KT 4000 TSRAGS BKN012CB RMK WIND 1200FT /////KT
ENBR 111020Z 22018KT 8000 SHRA SCT015CB SCT020 BKN035 04/01 Q0978 TEMPO 4000 TSRAGS BKN012CB RMK WIND 1200FT /////KT
ENBR 110950Z 20019KT 9999 VCTS FEW015CB SCT020 BKN035 04/01 Q0978 TEMPO 4000 TSRAGS BKN012CB RMK WIND 1200FT /////KT
ENBR 110920Z 21017KT 9999 VCTS FEW015CB SCT020 BKN030 05/02 Q0978 TEMPO 4000 TSRAGS BKN012CB RMK WIND 1200FT /////KT
ENBR 110850Z 22021KT 9999 VCTS FEW010 SCT020CB BKN038 05/01 Q0978 WS RWY17 TEMPO 4000 TSRAGS BKN012CB RMK WIND 1200FT /////KT
ENBR 110820Z 22016KT 180V250 9999 VCTS FEW015 SCT020CB BKN060 05/01 Q0978 WS RWY17 TEMPO 4000 TSRAGS BKN012CB RMK WIND 1200FT /////KT
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Dec 11, 2014
Classification
Incident
Cause
Lightning strike
Airline
British Airways
Flight number
BA-758
Departure
London Heathrow, United Kingdom
Destination
Bergen, Norway
Aircraft Registration
G-EUOF
Aircraft Type
Airbus A319
ICAO Type Designator
A319
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