Aviaincident: lightning damaged the skin of the IrAero aircraft in the air
Photo: Kirill Ponomarev / “Lenta.
Lightning struck an IrAero airline plane in the air. Details were shared by the Aviaincident Telegram channel.
The AN-26 aircraft was flying from Irkutsk to the city of Lensk in Yakutia on July 13. After arriving at the destination airport, during a post-flight inspection, experts found damage to the keel skin.
Presumably, the plane was damaged by a discharge of atmospheric electricity, as thunderstorm activity was observed along the route. It is noted that the board was carrying cargo, so there were no passengers in it. The crew was not injured.
In Mineralnye Vody, the Sukhoi Superjet plane of the Russian airline Azimut aborted takeoff due to a computer malfunction. After restarting the system, the board was able to continue the flight.
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