Aeromexico B772 near Cancun on May 15th 2015, electrical problems and damaged radome following lightning strike
Last Update: May 18, 2015 / 14:42:01 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
May 15, 2015
Classification
Incident
Cause
Electrical problems
Airline
Aeromexico
Flight number
AM-1
Departure
Mexico City, Mexico
Destination
Madrid, Spain
Aircraft Registration
N774AM
Aircraft Type
Boeing 777-200
ICAO Type Designator
B772
Passengers reported about 2 hours into the flight the inflight entertainment system failed and the cabin lights extinguished. Cabin crew instructed them to take their seats and keep the seat belts fastened. Upon disembarking the aircraft they noticed the radome of the aircraft showed a large dent.
Another passenger reported that later they were told the aircraft received a lightning strike on departure from Mexico City.
Metars Mexico City:
MMMX 160243Z VRB03KT 10SM SCT020CB BKN080 OVC200 18/11 A3034 NOSIG RMK SLP102 52031 902 8/363 HZY
MMMX 160145Z 07007KT 10SM SCT020CB BKN080 OVC220 17/12 A3031 NOSIG RMK 8/363 HZY
MMMX 160105Z 04014KT 7SM BKN020CB OVC080 18/12 A3027 NOSIG RMK 8/36/ HZY
MMMX 160048Z 03012KT 7SM BKN020CB OVC080 20/13 A3026 NOSIG RMK 60035 8/36/ HZY
MMMX 160045Z 34011KT 7SM BKN020CB OVC080 20/12 A3026NOSIG RMK 8/36/ HZY -RAE42
MMMX 160032Z 30010KT 7SM -RA BKN020CB OVC080 20/12 A3025NOSIG RMK 8/36/ HZY -RAB29
MMMX 160010Z 27010KT 7SM BKN020CB OVC080 21/11 A3024NOSIG RMK 8/36/ HZY -RAE08
MMMX 152354Z 27014KT 7SM -RA BKN020CB OVC080 22/10 A3023 NOSIG RMK 8/36/ HZY -RAB50
MMMX 152246Z 28003KT 7SM SCT020TCU BKN080 23/08 A3020 NOSIG RMK 8/260 HZY
MMMX 152145Z 00000KT 7SM SCT020 BKN080 24/07 A3021 NOSIG RMK 8/230 HZY
Aircraft Registration Data
Incident Facts
Date of incident
May 15, 2015
Classification
Incident
Cause
Electrical problems
Airline
Aeromexico
Flight number
AM-1
Departure
Mexico City, Mexico
Destination
Madrid, Spain
Aircraft Registration
N774AM
Aircraft Type
Boeing 777-200
ICAO Type Designator
B772
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