THY B739 at Istanbul on Apr 17th 2017, lightning strike

Last Update: April 18, 2017 / 23:33:04 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Apr 17, 2017

Classification
Incident

Flight number
TK-537

Aircraft Registration
TC-JYB

Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-900

ICAO Type Designator
B739

Airport ICAO Code
LTBA

A THY Turkish Airlines Boeing 737-900, registration TC-JYB performing flight TK-537 from Istanbul (Turkey) to Ouagadougou (Burkina Faso), was climbing out of Istanbul when the aircraft received a lightning strike. In the absence of abnormal indications the aircraft continued the flight and was enroute at FL340 about 60nm east of Thessaloniki (Greece) when the crew decided to return to Istanbul. The aircraft climbed to FL350 first, then descended to FL240 for the return and landed safely back in Istanbul about 2.5 hours after departure.

A replacement Boeing 737-900 registration TC-JYF reached Ouagadougou with a delay of 5 hours.

The occurrence aircraft returned to service after 22 hours on the ground.

Metars:
LTBA 172050Z 02012KT 9999 -SHRA FEW009 FEW018TCU BKN030 10/08 Q1010 NOSIG=
LTBA 172020Z 02013KT 9999 -SHRA FEW009 FEW018TCU BKN030 10/08 Q1010 NOSIG=
LTBA 171950Z 03011KT 350V070 9999 -SHRA SCT009 FEW018TCU BKN030 11/09 Q1010 NOSIG=
LTBA 171920Z 01015KT 340V040 9999 -SHRA FEW008 FEW018TCU BKN030 11/08 Q1010 NOSIG=
LTBA 171850Z 02012KT 8000 -SHRA SCT009 FEW018TCU BKN030 11/09 Q1011 NOSIG=
LTBA 171820Z 03011KT 340V090 9999 -SHRA FEW009 FEW018TCU BKN030 11/09 Q1011 NOSIG=
LTBA 171750Z 01015KT 340V050 9999 -SHRA FEW009 FEW018CB BKN030 11/09 Q1011 NOSIG=
COR LTBA 171720Z 01016KT 9999 -SHRA FEW008 FEW018CB BKN035 11/09 Q1011 NOSIG=
LTBA 171650Z 36013KT 340V060 7000 -SHRA FEW008 FEW018CB BKN035 11/09 Q1011 NOSIG=
LTBA 171620Z 36019KT 7000 -SHRA FEW008 FEW015CB BKN035 11/09 Q1010 RETSRA NOSIG=
LTBA 171550Z 36017KT 9999 -TSRA FEW015CB BKN040 12/09 Q1010 RESHRA BECMG TL1620 NSW=
LTBA 171520Z 36020KT 9999 -SHRA FEW015CB BKN030 BKN070 11/09 Q1009 TEMPO -TSRA=
LTBA 171513Z 36021KT 9999 -SHRA FEW020CB BKN030 BKN070 12/09 Q1009 NOSIG RMK RWY17L 01018KT RWY05 34020KT RWY23 01018KT=
LTBA 171450Z 01018KT 9999 SCT025TCU BKN080 12/08 Q1009 TEMPO -TSRA=
LTBA 171420Z 36022KT 9999 VCSH FEW012 SCT025TCU BKN080 13/09 Q1009 TEMPO -TSRA=
LTBA 171350Z 36018KT 9999 SCT030TCU BKN080 14/10 Q1009 NOSIG=
LTBA 171320Z 23005KT 190V260 9999 SCT032 BKN080 19/09 Q1008 NOSIG=
LTBA 171250Z 21007KT 9999 SCT032 BKN080 19/09 Q1009 NOSIG RMK RWY17L 21010KT RWY05 20006KT 170V240 RWY23 22008KT=
LTBA 171220Z 23006KT 190V250 9999 SCT032 BKN080 18/10 Q1009 NOSIG=
LTBA 171150Z 25008KT 220V280 9999 SCT032 BKN080 18/10 Q1009 NOSIG=
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Apr 17, 2017

Classification
Incident

Flight number
TK-537

Aircraft Registration
TC-JYB

Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-900

ICAO Type Designator
B739

Airport ICAO Code
LTBA

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