BA Lightening Strike at PFO
 

BA plane struck by lightning
A BRITISH Airways flight from Gatwick was struck by lightning as it came in to land yesterday at Paphos airport. Just as flight BA2864 was touching down, the 92 passengers on board felt a jolt. After completing the landing safely, the captain announced that the front of the plane had been struck by lightning, near the cockpit.

All passengers and crew then exited the plane safely. The plane, which was due to return to Gatwick last night, will be inspected for damage today. The 150 passengers who were to travel to the UK were put up in a hotel overnight, and will complete their trip today.


Copyright © Cyprus Mail 2009

So what?

Why did you post this?

Dozens of aircraft are struck by lightning worldwide every day and continue to their destination quite safely. This is hardly news...... although perhaps it was the most exciting thing that happened in Cyprus today :rolleyes:

Why I posted
 

I posted because I have several messages from the Moderator that I had not posted. I usually keep quiet, as I am not a genius like others on the site.

Why shouldn't he post? This is "news" after all, maybe not as exciting as a double engine failure, but news nevertheless. If you don't want to read about a lightning strike at PFO, just don't open the thread :ugh:

I completely agree, Penworth.

It does indeed qualify as 'news', and if you don't want to read it, don't!

There was no reason not to post the information.

At the very least don't respond with such criticism. Give the guy a break.

Its not new, as the term 'news' implies. Happens many times every day. :confused:

Well said, Paphian,

I wished other contributors would be as disciplined.

With thanks

BEA 71

Read the instructions first.
 

Rumours & News Reporting Points that may affect our jobs or lives as professional pilots. Also, items that may be of interest to professional pilots.

Does a lightning strike at PFO do any of these things? I think not.

Perhaps spotters corner?

You must be very very bored to post such utterly pointless news !

I almost had a birdstrike yesterday - should I post that ?

This is an Aviation Forum, that was Aviation News, well it certainly was to the Flight Crew at the time, and as People have said, the Title was Descriptive enough and nobody was forced to Read it. It may be a non-event to some of the Flying Fraternity and Others but many people may find it interesting.

Talking about lightning......saw a lightning bolt go straight up from a cloud and into the sky yesterday. Was over Southern Italy, CB top was FL200-240 max and this big fat thing soared up into the sky...........never saw such a thing in my life.

You could probably get a guest spot on Jay Leno at the moment. :ok:

I kinda missed ol' St. Elmo and His fire after leaving the props for the jets. You could get quite a display at times.

Nerik - What you saw was quite rare.

You may want to fill a form in for these chaps.

Thunderstorms.

@CheesyCOL - Stabbimgs in london happen 2 times a day...some are still in the news...infact every incident of that should be in the news to be honest...to make people aware that it happens alot...maybe on a ticker tape underneath the TV...

This is a Professional Pilots site. And a lightning strike is definitely not news.

It might be news to you, but a waste of bandwidth to me.

Why shouldn't s/he post a thread about a lightning strike that grounded an aircraft? Not everyone want to hear/discuss the woes of Ryanair on a daily basis you know. Moderators quasi immedeatly remove comments discussing (most) other airlines. Why? Is this not a GLOBAL site? Other posts discuss accidents ad nauseum, most of which is supposition. Its good to have new posts anyway. If you don't like the subject, just move on to the next thread.

Cheers for the info.

It is News.

If someone didn't want to read it, then don't open it.

The topic tittle made it clear what this thread contained.

Thanks