Tuesday, November 17, 2020

Boeing 747-8: Incident occurred November 14, 2020 in Portland, Oregon

Federal Aviation Administration / Flight Standards District Office; Portland, Oregon

Aircraft was struck by lightning leaving a hole in the radome. 

Date: 14-NOV-20
Time: 02:35:00Z
Regis#: UPS2998
Aircraft Make: BOEING
Aircraft Model: 747
Event Type: INCIDENT
Highest Injury: NONE
Aircraft Missing: No
Damage: UNKNOWN
Activity: CARGO
Flight Phase: EN ROUTE (ENR)
Operation: 121
Aircraft Operator: UPS
City: PORTLAND
State: OREGON

4 comments:

  1. help me on understanding when this incident occurred!
    "Date: 14-NOV-20 @ Time: 02:35:00Z" was 18:30 Hrs or 6:30 PM PST
    "Flight Phase: EN ROUTE (ENR)"
    13-Nov-2020 B748 Portland Intl (KPDX) Anchorage Intl (PANC) 21:57 PST 00:15 AKST (+1) 3:18
    13-Nov-2020 B748 Muhammad Ali Intl (KSDF) Portland Intl (KPDX) 17:26 EST 18:41 PST

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    1. Ask the Portland FSDO. They're the ones who entered the ASIAS report.

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  2. Friday evening, 6:35 PM local (PST) is 02:35Z on Nov 14, 2020

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  3. Lightning happens under certain weather phenomenons. Wikipedia has a good article about it cause and affect.

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