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IndiGo Flight Struck by Lightning, Lands Safely at Lucknow Airport
The pilots reported the strike as a precaution, and inspections found damage limited to the nose radome.
- IndiGo flight 6E925 from Patna to Ahmedabad was struck by lightning at about 17,000 feet on Wednesday.
- The pilots made a precautionary landing at Lucknow Airport, where the aircraft landed safely about eight minutes before its scheduled arrival.
- All 104 passengers and six crew members were safe, and no injuries were reported.
- IndiGo arranged a replacement aircraft to carry the passengers onward to Ahmedabad while engineers inspected the damaged plane.
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IndiGo Patna-Lucknow Flight Hit By Lightning Mid-Air, 110 On Board Land Safely
In one of the horrific incident, an Indigo flight travelling from Patna to Ahmedabad was struck by lightning mid-air on Wednesday, prompting the pilots to make a precautionary landing at Lucknow airport. The aircraft, operating as IndiGo flight 6E925,
IndiGo flight struck by lightning, lands safely at Lucknow airport
Flight 6E925, operating from Patna to Lucknow, took the lightning strike while approaching Chaudhary Charan Singh International Airport. Despite the incident, the Airbus A320-251N completed the landing safely.
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