Namibia A332 at Frankfurt on Dec 1st 2015, lightning strike
Last Update: December 2, 2015 / 22:02:05 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Dec 1, 2015
Classification
Incident
Cause
Lightning strike
Airline
Air Namibia
Flight number
SW-285
Departure
Windhoek, Namibia
Destination
Frankfurt/Main, Germany
Aircraft Registration
V5-ANO
Aircraft Type
Airbus A330-200
ICAO Type Designator
A332
The aircraft however was unable to depart for its return flight and is still on the ground in Frankfurt about 39 hours after landing.
The return flight SW-286 was cancelled.
Metars:
EDDF 010850Z 22011KT 9999 -RA FEW010 BKN014 11/09 Q1023 NOSIG
EDDF 010820Z 22010KT 9999 FEW011 OVC016 11/08 Q1023 TEMPO BKN012
EDDF 010750Z 21008KT 9999 FEW011 BKN016 11/08 Q1023 TEMPO BKN012
EDDF 010720Z 21009KT 9999 -RA BKN018 11/08 Q1022 NOSIG
EDDF 010650Z 21009KT 9999 -RA FEW019 BKN022 11/08 Q1022 NOSIG
EDDF 010620Z 21010KT 9999 -RA FEW019 BKN023 11/08 Q1021 NOSIG
EDDF 010550Z 22015KT 9999 -RA BKN023 11/08 Q1021 NOSIG
EDDF 010520Z 22017KT 9999 FEW020 BKN024 11/08 Q1020 NOSIG
EDDF 010450Z 22016KT 9999 SCT020 BKN026 11/08 Q1020 NOSIG
EDDF 010420Z 22015KT 9999 SCT018 BKN024 11/08 Q1020 NOSIG
EDDF 010350Z 21015KT 9999 -RA FEW022 BKN029 11/08 Q1019 NOSIG
EDDF 010320Z 21013KT 9999 -RA FEW022 BKN029 BKN110 11/08 Q1019 NOSIG
EDDF 010250Z 21011KT 9999 FEW022 BKN029 BKN110 11/08 Q1019 NOSIG
EDDF 010220Z 22014KT 9999 FEW022 BKN032 BKN120 12/08 Q1019 NOSIG
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Dec 1, 2015
Classification
Incident
Cause
Lightning strike
Airline
Air Namibia
Flight number
SW-285
Departure
Windhoek, Namibia
Destination
Frankfurt/Main, Germany
Aircraft Registration
V5-ANO
Aircraft Type
Airbus A330-200
ICAO Type Designator
A332
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