Pilot declares emergency as American Eagle plane struck by lightning TWICE as it lands in New York City
|
An American Eagle flight from Detroit landed safely at New York’s LaGuardia Airport this morning after being struck twice by lightning as it began to land.
American Airlines spokesman Matt Miller said that American Eagle Flight 4563 was hit by lightning as it approached New York's second busiest airport during a heavy thunderstorm.
Miller revealed that the captain declared an emergency as a precaution, but the plane landed safely at 10:41 a.m.
An American Eagle flight from Detroit has landed safely at New York's LaGuardia Airport after being struck by lightning
A spokesman for the airport said a maintenance team inspected the aircraft Embraer 135 aircraft that was traveling with 20 passengers and three crew members.
While passenger aircraft usually fly above nad weather, they generally are hit by lightning once a year.
'It is routine for an aircraft to land as soon as possible after a strike, but this is a precautionary measure,' said Professor Manu Haddad of Cardiff University's Morgan Botti Laboratory to the Guardian last year.
'Lightning is extremely hot – up to 30,000C. The typical damage is a scorch mark where the point of contact was, usually a wing-tip. The plane's electronics are well shielded these days.'
The plane made an emergency landing at LaGuardia Airport this morning during heavy thunderstorms hit New York City
This NOAA satellite image taken on Wednesday, May 8, 2013 at 10:45 a.m. EDT shows cloudiness associated with a wrapped up storm centered over the central Appalachians with cloudiness, rain showers, and thunderstorms over the Mid- Atlantic
This comes as heavy rain and thunderstorms caused severe flooding across portions of the Tristate region today - making some roads impassible.
During the early morning, a Flash Flood Warning was in effect for Manhattan, Staten Island and Brooklyn and more than two inches of rain fell on New York City by 9 a.m.
Drivers were instructed to take precautions and to not enter any water covering the roadway.
- EXCLUSIVE PICTURES INSIDE THE CLEVELAND KIDNAP HOUSE: Son of...
- Horror as bear on a bike EATS a monkey at the end of sick...
- 'If the baby died, he'd kill her': Michelle Knight was...
- Three naked women on all fours were spotted being led around...
- First pictures of Michelle Knight before she was kidnapped...
- Revealed: Ohio kidnap hero was arrested THREE TIMES for...
- Pictured: The three brothers 'who kidnapped three girls and...
- Hilarious moment girlfriend pours drink over boyfriend on...
- Jodi Arias found GUILTY of first-degree murder in the...
- Parents' agony as 'bullied' girl, 14, hangs herself from...
- 'It has saved my life': Man with 132lb scrotum speaks of...
- Kidnap victim reveals there was ANOTHER girl being held at...
Lightning is not a problem for airlines. A couple of years ago I was on a KLM flight which was hit by lightning twice on the left wing as it was about to land at Glasgow airport. No fuss and it was a routine landing.
- Henning , Glasgow, 09/5/2013 05:54
Report abuse