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| Date: | Friday 28 March 2014 |
| Time: | 16:40 |
| Type: |  Embraer ERJ-195LR (ERJ-190-200 LR) |
| Owner/operator: | Lufthansa CityLine |
| Registration: | D-AEBL |
| MSN: | 19000507 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Minor |
| Location: | near Birmingham (BHX/EGBB) -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Munich Airport (MUC/EDDM) |
| Birmingham Airport (BHX/EGBB) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
An Embraer ERJ-195 by Deutsche Lufthansa and a 737-8K2 by KLM (KLM1431/PH-BXI) were struck by a lightning during approach phase into Birmingham.
The Embraer had 2 exit holes in the fuselage and grounded the aircraft till the day after, whereas the KLM aircraft had no reported damage.
Sources:
1. http://www.birminghamupdates.com/post/81178562306/plane-struck-by-lightning-as-it-made-its-way-to
2. https://twitter.com/BhamUpdates/status/450266353660723200
3. http://www.spiegel.de/panorama/flugzeug-vor-birmingham-dreimal-von-blitz-getroffen-a-961805.html
4. https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/pictured-birmingham-airport-bound-plane-6894600
5. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2593322/Ladies-gentlemen-noticed-hit-lightning-Pilots-calm-announcement-plane-stuck-THREE-bolts-once.html
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 27 October 2017 | OE-LWJ | Austrian Airlines | 0 | near Salzburg-W. A. Mozart Airport (SZG/LOWS) |  |
non |
| Windshear/downdraft | ||||||
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 30-Mar-2014 18:08 | mcantsin | Added |
| 30-Mar-2014 18:09 | harro | Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Other fatalities, Location, Nature, Damage, Narrative, ] |
| 31-Mar-2014 20:41 | mcantsin | Updated [Source, ] |
| 21-Dec-2014 23:30 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Embed code, Narrative, ] |
| 21-Dec-2014 23:46 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Embed code, ] |
| 21-Nov-2015 19:11 | junior sjc | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Cn, ] |
| 27-Nov-2015 07:07 | junior sjc | Updated [Aircraft type, ] |
| 12-Dec-2015 21:09 | junior sjc | Updated [Narrative, ] |
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