27 February 2015

Hawaiian's N492HA Struck By Lightning

Hawaiian Airlines' 717-2BL, N492HA "Ewa ‘Ewa" (c/n 55181, l/n 5131), was struck by lightning on its way from HNL to ITO as HAL380. None of the passengers and crew were injured. The return flight to HNL was delayed as the airliner was inspected for any damage. 

News coverage by KHON.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Cargo plane gets struck twice by lightning in the same spot on the same day, nobody hears a thing... HAL gets hit by it and the uproar can be heard from ITO to LIH.

Blue Wave 707 said...

Do you have any reports of that lightning strike?