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Lightning strikes aircraft en route to Turkey

Türkiye Materials 18 August 2010 15:59 (UTC +04:00)
A Thomas Cook Airlines flight traveling from Stockholm to Antalya was struck by lightning today. The Airbus 330 was carrying 405 passengers. No one was hurt.
Lightning strikes aircraft en route to Turkey

A Thomas Cook Airlines flight traveling from Stockholm to Antalya was struck by lightning today. The Airbus 330 was carrying 405 passengers. No one was hurt.

Passengers felt a strong push several minutes after takeoff.

Pilot Torben Anderson announced that lightning had struck the airplane, and decided to return to the Stockholm-Arlanda Airport.

The plane is expected to leave for Antalya in the next few hours.

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