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Date: | Tuesday 2 January 2024 |
Time: | 10:50 UTC |
Type: | Airbus A380-861 |
Owner/operator: | Emirates Airlines |
Registration: | A6-EDO |
MSN: | 057 |
Engine model: | Engine Alliance GP 7270 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
Other fatalities: | 0 |
Aircraft damage: | Minor |
Location: | near Istanbul -
Turkey
|
Phase: | Approach |
Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
Departure airport: | Dubai Airport (DXB/OMDB) |
Destination airport: | Istanbul Airport (IST/LTFM) |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Emirates Airlines flight EK123, an Airbus A380-861, was struck by lightning which caused puncture damage to one of the nose landing gear doors.
Sources:
https://www.flightradar24.com/data/aircraft/a6-edo#33768c01
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
20 July 2019 |
A6-EDO |
Emirates |
0 |
near Toronto-Pearson International Airport, ON (YYZ/CYYZ) |
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min |
Engine failure |
Media:
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
04-Jan-2024 09:33 |
harro |
Added |
04-Jan-2024 11:02 |
gerard57 |
Updated [Country, Embed code] |
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