Are you capable of inspecting the airplane after landing? I understand 121 operations can vary quite a bit, just write it up and walk up the jet bridge and forget about it, or was it 135 where you might have a chance to look a little deeper? I only ask because in my experience the entry point can look like a pinhole but as the airframe does its job dissipating all of that energy other things have a tendency to get damaged. I recall I used to take care of a G200, the owner was on board one night when they caught a pretty good strike on the nose enroute to homebase, the airplane didn't miss a beat. After they landed in the middle of the night in that same storm the pilot sent me a message and a couple of pictures of some burnt static wicks. I went to work the next day and started inspecting the airplane for a lightning strike. The radome had a couple of what looked like pinholes in the paint and there was a couple of fried static wicks, I looked a bit further and found a couple of flight controls that had been "overcooked'. I ended up having to replace an aileron and an elevator. While I was doing this work the owner showed up and told me his side of the story, apparently a plasma sort of thing went down the aisle and freaked him out a little bit. I assured him the airplane had performed exactly as it was designed and that the pilots had assured me it never even blinked. Pinholes in a radome are important if you're not friendly with the flight crew, luckily at that time we had a good combination of personalities taking care of that airplane.
| Date: | 15-JAN-2022 |
| Time: | c. 1905 UTC |
| Type: |
Airbus A330-203 |
| Owner/operator: | Türk Hava Yolları - Turkish Airlines |
| Registration: | TC-JND |
| MSN: | 754 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Unknown |
| Location: | İstanbul Airport - 
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| Phase: | Initial climb |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Istanbul Airport (IST/LTFM) |
| Destination airport: | Amman-Queen Alia International Airport (AMM/OJAI) |
| Date: | 15-JAN-2022 |
| Time: | c. 19:15 UTC |
| Type: | 
Airbus A321-271NX |
| Owner/operator: | Türk Hava Yolları - Turkish Airlines |
| Registration: | TC-LSE |
| MSN: | 8732 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Aircraft damage: | Unknown |
| Location: | near İstanbul Airport -
|
| Phase: | Initial climb |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Istanbul Airport (IST/LTFM) |
| Destination airport: | Baghdad International Airport (BGW/ORBI) |
This was in the air safety network reports a couple days ago.
Same airline, same day, same airport, 10 minutes apart. An A321 and an A330 departed. Both were struck by lighting soon after departure. Assume Capt # 3 decided wait.
To aircraft
Narrative:
Date: 15-JAN-2022 Time: c. 1905 UTC Type:
Airbus A330-203Owner/operator: Türk Hava Yolları - Turkish Airlines Registration: TC-JND MSN: 754 Fatalities: Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: Other fatalities: 0 Aircraft damage: Unknown Location: İstanbul Airport - TurkeyPhase: Initial climb Nature: Passenger - Scheduled Departure airport: Istanbul Airport (IST/LTFM) Destination airport: Amman-Queen Alia International Airport (AMM/OJAI)
Turkish Airlines flight TK812, an Airbus A330-203, suffered a lightning strike after takeoff from Istanbul International Airport, Turkey.
The aircraft entered holding patterns and landed safely back at Istanbul Airport 53minutes after takeoff.
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Narrative:
Date: 15-JAN-2022 Time: c. 19:15 UTC Type:
Airbus A321-271NXOwner/operator: Türk Hava Yolları - Turkish Airlines Registration: TC-LSE MSN: 8732 Fatalities: Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: Aircraft damage: Unknown Location: near İstanbul Airport - TurkeyPhase: Initial climb Nature: Passenger - Scheduled Departure airport: Istanbul Airport (IST/LTFM) Destination airport: Baghdad International Airport (BGW/ORBI)
Turkish Airlines flight TK302, an Airbus A321neo, suffered a lightning strike after takeoff from Istanbul International Airport, Turkey.
The aircraft entered holding patterns over the Sea of Marmara and landed safely back at Istanbul Airport 67 minutes after takeoff.
My buddy swears over central Wisconsin he had lights circle around is 402 for several minutes, then disappear. It was stormy that evening, I was flying too but experienced nothing abnormal other than getting the crap beat out of me. Weird night though, it was like you felt the charge in the air ya know?
Iwo Jima is now Iwo To. I think they did it just out of spite. I mean, we didn't change the name of Wake Island.
I think you missed the song they were singing.
Nah I got it.
Passive aggressive ass hole starts questioning other peoples stories. That's a crappy way to go through life. Ask me a question about my story and I'll fill in any blanks.
