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| Date: | Thursday 17 March 2016 |
| Time: | c. 05:40 |
| Type: |  Embraer ERJ-175LR (ERJ-170-200 LR) |
| Owner/operator: | Republic Airways, opf American Eagle |
| Registration: | N415YX |
| MSN: | 17000378 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2013 |
| Engine model: | General Electric CF34-8E |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 59 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Minor |
| Location: | near New York-La Guardia Airport, NY (LGA/KLGA) -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Raleigh/Durham International Airport, NC (RDU/KRDU) |
| New York-La Guardia Airport, NY (LGA/KLGA) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Republic Airlines flight AA4233, an Embraer ERJ-175, diverted to New York-John F. Kennedy International Airport
after sustaining a lightning strike on approach to LaGuardia Airport.
The aircraft sustained scortching to the tip of the left hand horizontal stabilizer.
Sources:
http://abc11.com/news/flight-from-rdu-struck-by-lightning-makes-emergency-landing-at-jfk-airport/1250923/
http://abc7ny.com/travel/american-airlines-flight-struck-by-lightning-makes-emergency-landing-at-jfk-airport/1250893/
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Images:
Media:
Flight from RDU struck by lightning, makes emergency landing at JFK Airport https://t.co/kvILBfIZgj pic.twitter.com/pQvjgBwUiR
— ABC11 EyewitnessNews (@ABC11_WTVD) March 18, 2016
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 18-Mar-2016 09:17 | harro | Added |
| 18-Mar-2016 09:18 | harro | Updated [Embed code, Photo, ] |
| 22-Mar-2016 09:25 | AF5541 | Updated [Total occupants, Source, ] |
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