Lynnedslag / Statisk utladning er ikke uvanlig - Curt Lewis

Incident: Hop! AT72 at Lyon on Mar 6th 2017, lightning strike A Hop! Avions de Transport Regional ATR-72-212A, registration F-HAPL performing flight A5-4073 from Pau to Lyon (France) with 44 passengers and 4 crew, was on approach to Lyon when the aircraft encountered turbulence prompting the crew to abort the approach and go around. While climbing out of Lyon the aircraft received a lightning strike and a passenger became ill prompting the crew to divert to Grenoble (France) located about 40nm southeast of Lyon, where the aircraft landed safely. The aircraft remained on the ground in Grenoble for 52 hours, then positioned to Lyon and is still on the ground now in Lyon about 27 hours after positioning to Lyon.

Incident: Nelson DH8C near Auckland on Mar 9th 2017, lightning strike An Air Nelson de Havilland Dash 8-300 on behalf of Air New Zealand, registration ZK-NEZ performing flight NZ-8678 from Auckland to Kerikeri (New Zealand), was enroute at FL130 about 80nm north of Auckland and about 40nm south of Kerikeri, about abeam Whangarei, when the aircraft turned around and returned to Auckland due to a lightning strike. The aircraft landed safely back in Auckland about one hour after departure. The occurrence aircraft is still on the ground in Auckland about 20 hours after landing back. The airline reported the aircraft returned to Auckland as a precaution after the aircraft was struck by lightning. The aircraft is being assessed. Metars Auckland: NZAA 090300Z AUTO 09015KT 9999 OVC024/// 22/17 Q1014 NOSIG NZAA 090230Z AUTO 08017KT 060V120 9999 BKN023/// 22/17 Q1015 NOSIG NZAA 090200Z AUTO 08021KT 9999 BKN024/// 22/17 Q1015 NOSIG NZAA 090130Z AUTO 08017KT 040V110 9999 OVC026/// 22/17 Q1015 NOSIG NZAA 090100Z AUTO 08016KT 050V110 9999 BKN026/// BKN031/// 22/16 Q1014 NOSIG NZAA 090030Z AUTO 08016KT 9999 BKN027/// BKN034/// OVC041/// 22/16 Q1015 NOSIG NZAA 090000Z AUTO 07019KT 9999 BKN029/// OVC045/// 22/16 Q1015 TEMPO FM0100 5000 RA SCT020TCU NZAA 082330Z AUTO 06018KT 030V100 9999 BKN029/// BKN040/// 22/16 Q1015 TEMPO FM0000 5000 RA SCT020TCU NZAA 082300Z AUTO 07017KT 9999 BKN030/// BKN035/// 22/16 Q1015 TEMPO FM0000 5000 RA SCT020TCU NZAA 082230Z AUTO 09014KT 9999 BKN030/// 23/16 Q1015 NOSIG NZAA 082200Z AUTO 08016KT 9999 BKN029/// 23/16 Q1014 NOSIG NZAA 082130Z AUTO 08015KT 9999 BKN030/// 21/15 Q1015 NOSIG NZAA 082100Z AUTO 11006KT 050V130 9999 SCT031/// 21/15 Q1015 NOSIG