View Full Version : aircraft diverted to Manchester due to lightning strike?
liam548
6th Jun 2009, 18:31
Only caught back end of it on radio this afternoon. Anyone any more info?
Sky news active had a piece about a Aer Lingus jet turning back to Dublin because of a lighting strike - maybe related?
CarbHeatIn
6th Jun 2009, 20:38
RTÉ News: Aer Lingus plane struck by lightning (http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/0606/aerlingus.html)
liam548
6th Jun 2009, 20:39
im sure i heard it was diverting to manchester but was bound for gatwick..
surely there are not two?
It went to stansted, hit three times by lightening, it was a 400!
smudgethecat
7th Jun 2009, 12:02
wow! , aircraft gets struck by lightning, whatever next eh?
ManofMan
7th Jun 2009, 16:30
wow! , aircraft gets struck by lightning, whatever next eh?
My money is on posters not being condesending tw@ts
simonchowder
7th Jun 2009, 22:20
ManofMan, may i suggest if your going to take the moral high ground you refrain from using foul language and you learn to spell those big words correctly!
davecr
8th Jun 2009, 20:10
Still don't understand why thinks like this make the news once in a while.
I was hit by lightning twice in the last 10 months. Big deal.
Teddy Robinson
8th Jun 2009, 20:15
non story .. typical SKY sensationalist tosh in the wake of the Air France tragedy.
One might also describe this "style" of journalism as sick.
:yuk:
On the numerous occasions that this occurs every day, the aircraft affected will require an inspection.
This is preferably conducted at an engineering base for one's airline rather than an out station because the procedure can be time consuming.
It therefore makes sense to have another aircraft available (at said base) to fly the rotation and minimise delays... ergo commercial decision return to Dublin.
How many schools were narrowly missed this time ? :ugh:
ManofMan
8th Jun 2009, 21:24
ManofMan, may i suggest if your going to take the moral high ground you refrain from using foul language and you learn to spell those big words correctly!
Errrrr no you may not.
Orestes
17th Jun 2009, 11:50
davecr:
I was hit by lightning twice in the last 10 months. Big deal.
Were you in a plane at the time?