Iceland B752 near Keflavik on Apr 7th 2015, lightning strike

Last Update: April 9, 2015 / 18:18:06 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Apr 7, 2015

Classification
Incident

Airline
Icelandair

Flight number
FI-671

Aircraft Registration
TF-FIA

Aircraft Type
Boeing 757-200

ICAO Type Designator
B752

An Icelandair Boeing 757-200, registration TF-FIA performing flight FI-671 from Keflavik (Iceland) to Denver,CO (USA), was climbing out of Keflavik's runway 20 when the aircraft was hit by lightning. In absence of any abnormal indications or abnormal handling the crew decided to continue the flight to Denver, where the aircraft landed safely about 7.5 hours later.

Passengers reported that there was a loud bang and flash while climbing out of Keflavik. Soon after the captain announced that they had been struck by lightning, all systems worked normally and they were continuing to Denver. Upon disembarking a large hole was seen at the nose cone.

The airline confirmed the aircraft was struck by lightning shortly after takeoff from Keflavik, lightning strikes are a rather common occurrence. The crew performed a complete check of the aircraft and its systems for any anomalies, being satisfied that all systems were working normally and there were no anomalies in the handling of the aircraft the crew continued to Denver.

The occurrence aircraft is still on the ground in Denver 41 hours after landing.

Metars Keflavik:
BIKF 071900Z 21031G47KT FEW017CB 9999 SCT033 04/00 Q1010 BKN062
BIKF 071830Z 21030G43KT FEW022CB 9999 SCT033 04/01 Q1011 BKN060
BIKF FEW013CB 071800Z 21029KT 9999 SCT038 03/01 Q1010 BKN090 Shops
BIKF 071730Z 21029G42KT 9999 SCT020CB BKN032 BKN060 02/01 Q1011 Shops
BIKF 071700Z 19028KT 9999 VCSH SCT020CB BKN032 BKN060 04 / M00 Q1011
BIKF 071630Z 20025KT 9999 VCSH SCT018CB BKN050 BKN065 04 / M00 Q1012
BIKF 071600Z 22022KT 9999 VCSH FEW007 SCT040CB 03/02 Q1013
BIKF 071530Z 23032G47KT 8000 -SHSN FEW032CB BKN060 02/00 Q1014
BIKF 071500Z 23035KT 9999 VCSH FEW032CB SCT070 04 / M01 Q1013
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Apr 7, 2015

Classification
Incident

Airline
Icelandair

Flight number
FI-671

Aircraft Registration
TF-FIA

Aircraft Type
Boeing 757-200

ICAO Type Designator
B752

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