Created Saturday, Nov 6th 2021 18:12Z, last updated Saturday, Nov 6th 2021 18:18Z
An Air Baltic Bombardier C-Series CS-300, registration YL-CSE performing flight
BT-879 from Tallinn (Estonia) to Malaga,SP (Spain), was climbing out of Tallin's runway 26 when the left hand wingtip of the aircraft was struck by a static discharge prompting the crew to stop the climb at FL080 and return to Tallin for a safe landing on runway 26 about 15 minutes after departure.
A replacement CS-300 registration YL-AAS reached Malaga with a delay of about 80 minutes.
The occurrence aircraft is still on the ground in Tallinn about 6 hours after landing back.
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