JL694 - Incident: JAL B738 at Miyazaki on Apr 3rd 2024

A JAL Japan Airlines Boeing 737-800, registration JA308J performing flight JL-694 from Miyazaki to Tokyo Haneda (Japan) with 113 passengers and 6 crew, was climbing out of Miyazaki's runway 27 when the aircraft sustained two lightning strikes. In the absence of any abnormal indication the crew continued the climb and levelled off at cruise flight level 390, when a burning odour became apparent on board of the aircraft prompting the crew to divert to Osaka's Kansai Airport (Japan) for a safe landing on runway 06L about 55 minutes after departure.

The occurrence aircraft is still on the ground in Osaka about 11.5 hours after landing.

Japan's Ministry of Transport reported the aircraft was struck by lighting twice while climbing through about 4500 meters (FL150), subsequently a strange smoke like smell developed on board temporarily. There had not been any anomaly with any of the instruments in flight.