Few minutes in the air, this aircraft was hit by lightning and force it to land in near airport
News24xx.com - A passenger of a low-cost airline Tigerair described a frightening experience when her plane was struck by lightning and had to return to Melbourne Airport.
Karen Juniper, who lives in South Australia, boarded a Tigerair TT471 from Melbourne to Adelaide on Thursday, July 19th 2018 night. "The aircraft was shaking" she said. "And after 10 minutes, there was a strong beam on the left side of the window and there was a big explosion."
"The captain then announced that there was a lightning strike on the plane, and the plane was returning to the airport, which I think was welcome to all passengers."
But she continued that the plane then kept circling in the air for 45 minutes, before it could land, with all the lights off and some passengers crying. "The situation is bad with some passengers experiencing fear" Juniper said. "The people around us, the children crying, and the woman next to me, her head down with both hands holding tightly to the seat in front of her"
Juniper said although passengers were relieved to be landing again, some felt abandoned by Tigerair. "There is not any further information from the captain" she said. "There is a grandmother, perhaps 80, who was confused, she has no phone to look for another plane or find a hotel to stay the night."
"Truly inadequate handling, I do not know what the answer is but maybe if any staff on the ground helped these passengers might be better."
A spokesman for Tigerair Australia confirmed that the plane was hit by a lightning strike on a Melbourne-Adelaide flight. "As a precaution, the captain decided to return to Melbourne and the plane landed without incident" the statement said.
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