TXL-EWR Lightning Strike?
Aug 12, 2008, 6:46 am
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TXL-EWR Lightning Strike?
When we were sitting on the ground at Hartford yesterday on a BOS-EWR diversion, the gate agent mentioned that everyone was busy handling a TXL flight that had been diverted to Hartford after a lightning strike. I checked the flight status for flight 97 and see that was true. It also appears to show that they cancelled the Hartford-EWR portion. Does anyone know what happened? I know that lightning often hits planes without any ill effect, so what happened here? Any damage?
Aug 12, 2008, 7:30 am
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I was on a flight SFO-EWR in January where the inbound was struck by lightning on final approach. While the plane was fine to fly, it did take them a couple hours to check it out and make sure. Apparently there are extra inspections that go on after a plane is struck. My guess is that there was a crew timeout issue at that point, though I don't know for sure.
Aug 12, 2008, 7:34 am
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Why would the light striking have anything to do with a crew timeout?
Aug 12, 2008, 7:46 am
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Aug 12, 2008, 7:51 am
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Aug 12, 2008, 8:01 am
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I just calculated that it would have been a $19,800 toll to cross the GWB with it. 
In other news, had they taken it down 95, everyone would have timed out. The guy with the tug would have reached retirement age somewhere around Rye.
Instead of firing people at my company we send them to Providence. ... they never return.
Okay, I'm done now.
In other news, had they taken it down 95, everyone would have timed out. The guy with the tug would have reached retirement age somewhere around Rye.
Instead of firing people at my company we send them to Providence. ... they never return.
Okay, I'm done now.
Aug 12, 2008, 8:48 am
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