Saturday, February 02, 2019

JetBlue, Airbus A321-200, N946JL: Incident occurred January 31, 2019 near Los Angeles International Airport (KLAX), California

Federal Aviation Administration / Flight Standards District Office; Los Angeles, California

Flight B6-324: Struck by lightning after departure, returned and landed without incident.


JetBlue Airways Corp


https://registry.faa.gov/N946JL


Date: 31-JAN-19
Time: 19:30:00Z
Regis#: N946JL
Aircraft Make: AIRBUS
Aircraft Model: A321 231
Event Type: INCIDENT
Highest Injury: UNKNOWN
Aircraft Missing: No
Damage: UNKNOWN
Activity: COMMERCIAL
Flight Phase: TAKEOFF (TOF)
Operation: 121
Aircraft Operator: JETBLUE AIRLINES
Flight Number: 324
City: LOS ANGELES
State: CALIFORNIA




LOS ANGELES (CBSLA) – A JetBlue flight headed to New York was forced to reverse course and make an emergency landing after being struck by lightning just after takeoff from Los Angeles International Airport Thursday morning amid a thunderstorm which pummeled the Southland.

JetBlue Flight No. 324 bound for John F. Kennedy International Airport was forced to turn around and return to LAX after its crew reported the aircraft had been hit by lightning, the Federal Aviation Administration confirmed.

An LAX spokesperson told CBS2 that the plane — which had 153 people aboard and 36,000 pounds of fuel — safely landed a little after 11 a.m. There was no word of any injuries. According to FlightAware, the plane had taken off at 10:10 a.m. and was only airborne for about 55 minutes.

“No, it’s going to be an overweight landing, pretty much it, don’t know if we have any damage here,” the pilot radioed in to air traffic control in audio obtained by CBS2. “That’s our reason for going back.”

“Hopefully, lightning doesn’t strike twice,” he added.

JetBlue confirmed the incident in its own statement.

“Crews will inspect the aircraft and determine if it may continue on to New York or if customers will be accommodated on another aircraft,” JetBlue wrote.

The plane was still parked at LAX as of 2 p.m.

Meanwhile, a second passenger jet out of LAX was also struck by lightning Thursday morning. A Southwest Airlines flight from LAX to Portland was forced to make an emergency landing in Oakland. No injuries were reported in that incident as well.

Story and video: https://ktla.com

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