Atlasjet B738 at Istanbul on Jun 18th 2017, lightning strike

Last Update: June 19, 2017 / 21:11:04 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Jun 18, 2017

Classification
Incident

Cause
Lightning strike

Airline
Atlasjet

Flight number
KK-9764

Departure
Istanbul, Turkey

Destination
Tbilisi, Georgia

Aircraft Registration
TC-SNT

Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-800

ICAO Type Designator
B738

Airport
Atatürk International Airport, Istanbul

Airport ICAO Code
LTBA

An Atlasjet Boeing 737-800, registration TC-SNT performing flight KK-9764 from Istanbul (Turkey) to Tbilisi (Georgia), was climbing out of Istanbul when the crew stopped the climb at FL180 following a lightning strike and decided to return to Istanbul for a safe landing on runway 35L about 50 minutes after departure.

The occurrence aircraft received damage and remained on the ground for 10.5 hours before returning to service.

Metars:
LTBA 182220Z 36004KT 330V030 9999 -SHRA SCT026 BKN080 17/15 Q1012 NOSIG=
LTBA 182150Z 34004KT 9999 -SHRA SCT029 BKN090 17/14 Q1012 NOSIG=
LTBA 182120Z 31004KT 9999 -SHRA SCT040 BKN090 17/14 Q1012 NOSIG=
LTBA 182050Z 32004KT 9999 -SHRA SCT040 BKN080 17/14 Q1012 NOSIG=
LTBA 182020Z 32005KT 9999 -SHRA SCT033 BKN070 17/15 Q1012 NOSIG=
LTBA 181950Z 33005KT 9999 -SHRA SCT030 BKN070 18/15 Q1012 NOSIG=
LTBA 181920Z 30004KT 9999 -SHRA FEW020CB SCT030 BKN070 18/16 Q1012 NOSIG=
LTBA 181850Z 34008KT 9999 -SHRA FEW020CB SCT030 BKN070 19/16 Q1011 NOSIG=
LTBA 181841Z 33008KT 9999 -SHRA FEW025CB SCT030 BKN070 19/16 Q1011 NOSIG RMK RWY17L 34007KT RWY05 32007KT 280V010 RWY23 35007KT=
LTBA 181820Z 34007KT 320V020 9999 VCTS FEW022CB SCT033 BKN080 19/15 Q1011 NOSIG=
LTBA 181811Z VRB05KT 9999 VCTS FEW022CB SCT040 BKN080 19/15 Q1011 NOSIG RMK RWY17L 01006KT RWY05 36005KT 320V030 RWY23 03005KT=
LTBA 181750Z 03006KT 340V130 9999 FEW025CB SCT040 BKN100 20/15 Q1011 TEMPO -TSRA=
LTBA 181720Z 03007KT 320V120 9999 FEW023CB SCT034 BKN080 20/15 Q1011 TEMPO -TSRA=
LTBA 181650Z VRB08G19KT 9999 FEW023CB SCT034 BKN080 21/14 Q1011 TEMPO FM1720 -TSRA=
COR LTBA 181620Z 04008KT 010V110 9999 SCT025 BKN080 20/14 Q1011 NOSIG=
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Jun 18, 2017

Classification
Incident

Cause
Lightning strike

Airline
Atlasjet

Flight number
KK-9764

Departure
Istanbul, Turkey

Destination
Tbilisi, Georgia

Aircraft Registration
TC-SNT

Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-800

ICAO Type Designator
B738

Airport
Atatürk International Airport, Istanbul

Airport ICAO Code
LTBA

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