Emirates B773 at Dubai on Mar 21st 2017, lightning strike

Last Update: March 23, 2017 / 21:39:12 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Mar 21, 2017

Classification
Incident

Cause
Lightning strike

Airline
Emirates Airlines

Flight number
EK-440

Departure
Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Destination
Adelaide, Australia

Aircraft Registration
A6-EBU

Aircraft Type
Boeing 777-300

ICAO Type Designator
B773

An Emirates Airlines Boeing 777-300, registration A6-EBU performing flight EK-440 from Dubai (United Arab Emirates) to Adelaide,SA (Australia), was climbing out of Dubai when the aircraft received a lightning strike. In the absence of abnormal indications the crew continued the flight to Adelaide for a safe landing about 12 hours later.

An inspection of the aircraft determined that the aircraft could not perform the return flight. The flight was cancelled, the passengers taken to hotels and rebooked onto flights the following day.

The occurrence aircraft was able to depart Adelaide about 26 hours after landing and positioned to Dubai as flight EK-2665. The aircraft has not yet returned to service about 20 hours after landing in Dubai.

Metars Dubai:
OMDB 210000Z 33011KT CAVOK 23/15 Q1013 WS ALL RWY TEMPO TSRA FEW040CB=
OMDB 202300Z 33012KT 9999 -RA FEW045 23/16 Q1013 RETS WS ALL RWY TEMPO TSRA FEW040CB=
OMDB 202211Z 34015KT 310V010 7000 TSRA FEW040CB SCT045 23/16 Q1012 WS ALL RWY TEMPO 3000 BLDU=
OMDB 202200Z 35019KT 9000 NSC 24/15 Q1010 WS ALL RWY TEMPO 3000 BLDU=
OMDB 202100Z 35021KT 9000 NSC 25/14 Q1009 WS ALL RWY TEMPO 3000 BLDU=
OMDB 202000Z 35017G27KT 7000 NSC 27/16 Q1009 WS ALL RWY TEMPO 3000 BLDU=
OMDB 201900Z 34015KT 320V020 CAVOK 27/17 Q1008 WS ALL RWY TEMPO 3000 BLDU=
OMDB 201800Z 10012KT 8000 NSC 30/13 Q1006 NOSIG=
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Mar 21, 2017

Classification
Incident

Cause
Lightning strike

Airline
Emirates Airlines

Flight number
EK-440

Departure
Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Destination
Adelaide, Australia

Aircraft Registration
A6-EBU

Aircraft Type
Boeing 777-300

ICAO Type Designator
B773

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