Ryanair flight FR5579 , emergency landing

Created on Wednesday, 24 July 2013 08:19 |

24 July 2013

Ryanair flight FR5579 , Boeing 737-800 registration EI-EKD from Edinburgh to Alicante(Spain) after took off and while was climbing struck by lightning.The crew afraid that maybe the fuselage got some damage , declared an emergency and decided to divert to Glascow Prestwick airport for a safe landing and inspection.After checks they found no damage and airplane came back to service

The last two weeks it was very hot in Scotland and now began very strong thunderstorms

EI-EKD