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| Date: | Thursday 25 May 2017 |
| Time: | 22:30 |
| Type: |  Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner |
| Owner/operator: | Air Europa |
| Registration: | EC-MOM |
| MSN: | 36419/557 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2017 |
| Engine model: | Rolls-Royce Trent 1000 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 178 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Unknown |
| Location: | Atlantic Ocean -
 Atlantic Ocean
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Miami International Airport, FL (MIA/KMIA) |
| Madrid-Barajas (MAD/LEMD) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
An Air Europa Boeing 787-8, registration EC-MOM, operating as Flight AEA98 from Miami International Airport (KMIA) in Miami-Dade Florida to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (LEMD) in Madrid experienced a cracked windscreen subsequent to a lightning strike in cruise flight on Airway A699 over the Atlantic Ocean. The airplane returned to the point of departure with no reported injuries to the 178 occupants onboard.
Sources:
https://wsvn.com/news/mia-flight-turns-around-after-lightning-strikes-plane-cracks-windshield/
https://www.local10.com/travel/lightning-strike-forces-air-europa-flight-to-return-to-miami
https://flightaware.com/live/flight/AEA98/history/20170525/0130Z/KMIA/KMIA
https://www.jetphotos.com/photo/8567070
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 19 December 2024 | EC-MOM | Air Europa | 0 | NE of Asuncion |  |
non |
| Engine failure | ||||||
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 26-May-2017 05:39 | Geno | Added |
| 26-May-2017 07:23 | harro | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Narrative, Photo, ] |
| 26-May-2017 13:51 | Anon. | Updated [Narrative, ] |
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