Created Thursday, Jul 6th 2023 07:33Z, last updated Thursday, Jul 6th 2023 07:33Z
An Air Baltic Bombardier C-Series CS-300, registration YL-ABI performing flight
BT-252 from Hamburg (Germany) to Riga (Latvia), was climbing out of Hamburg's runway 23 when the crew stopped the climb at about 12,000 feet after a lightning had struck the aircraft. The aircraft returned to Hamburg for a safe landing on runway 23 about 25 minutes after departure.
The flight was cancelled.
The occurrence aircraft is still on the ground in Hamburg about 43 hours after landing back.
The initial impact:
A split second later:
Related Flight:
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