Ryanair B738 near Brussels on Feb 24th 2015, lightning strike
Last Update: February 26, 2015 / 14:44:55 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Feb 24, 2015
Classification
Incident
Cause
Lightning strike
Airline
Ryanair
Flight number
FR-2932
Departure
Lisbon, Portugal
Destination
Brussels, Belgium
Aircraft Registration
EI-EFK
Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-800
ICAO Type Designator
B738
Airport
Brussels Airport, Brussels
Airport ICAO Code
EBBR
A post flight examination revealed damage to the radome requiring repairs. A replacement Boeing 737-800 needed to continue the schedule assigned to EI-EFK.
The occurrence aircraft was able to resume service the following morning.
Metars:
EBBR 242050Z 25010KT 9999 SCT025 BKN042 06/03 Q1013 TEMPO 4500 SHRA
EBBR 242020Z 19004KT 9999 FEW046 03/01 Q1013 TEMPO 4500 SHRA
EBBR 241950Z VRB01KT 9999 SCT031 SCT046 03/02 Q1013 TEMPO 4500 SHRA
EBBR 241920Z 33003KT 300V010 9999 -SHRA FEW020CB 04/02 Q1012 TEMPO 4500 SHRA
EBBR 241850Z 25005G15KT 210V350 9999 -SHRA FEW020CB BKN031 06/02 Q1012 TEMPO 4500 SHRAGS BKN014CB
EBBR 241820Z 20005KT 9999 FEW020CB SCT040 05/02 Q1011 TEMPO 4500 SHRAGS BKN014CB
EBBR 241750Z 23005KT 9999 SCT020CB 05/01 Q1011 TEMPO 4500 SHRAGS BKN014CB
EBBR 241720Z 25005KT 9999 FEW020CB 05/01 Q1010 TEMPO 4500 SHRAGS BKN014CB
EBBR 241650Z 26006KT 9999 FEW020CB SCT033 07/01 Q1010 NOSIG
EBBR 241620Z 28007KT 9999 SCT020CB 07/01 Q1009 NOSIG
Aircraft Registration Data
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Feb 24, 2015
Classification
Incident
Cause
Lightning strike
Airline
Ryanair
Flight number
FR-2932
Departure
Lisbon, Portugal
Destination
Brussels, Belgium
Aircraft Registration
EI-EFK
Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-800
ICAO Type Designator
B738
Airport
Brussels Airport, Brussels
Airport ICAO Code
EBBR
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