Yesterday evening, Delta Air Lines flight DL112 bound for Rome had to make an emergency return back to Boston due to suffering a lightning strike.
Information has been released pertinent to this incident, which we will get into in this article.
Without further ado, let’s get into it…
Delta Air Lines DL112 Boston-Rome…
Delta Air Lines flight DL112, which suffered the lightning strike, is a routine scheduled flight between Boston and Rome.
Furthermore, it is understood the aircraft involved in the incident was N831NW.
As per data from Planespotters.net, N831NW is a 7.4 year old Airbus A330-300 that was delivered to the airline in April 2017.
Moreover, of the A330-300 variant, Delta Air Lines has 31 of them in their fleet.
Of that 31, all but one aircraft are in active service, with an average fleet age of 15.6 years.
As well as the A330-300, the airline has the following other aircraft in their fleet:
– 71 Airbus A220s.
– 57 A319s.
– 58 A320s.
– 11 A330-200s.
– 29 A330-900neos.
– 32 A350s.
– 88 Boeing 717s.
– 240 737s.
– 121 757s.
– 64 767s.
Overall, the airline has a fleet of 990 aircraft, of which 939 are in active service and 51 are parked.
Delta Air Lines flight DL112, which suffered a lightning strike, departed Boston at 1805 local time bound for Rome.
Furthermore, as per The Aviation Herald, it is understood this incident occurred at around 16,000 feet.
This was following the aircraft making deviations around a weather cell.
From there, the decision was made for the flight to return back to Boston, which it did so at 1945 local time.
Following this incident, the FAA released a statement saying the following:
“Delta Air Lines Flight 112 returned to and landed safely at Boston Logan International Airport around 7:20 p.m. local time after the crew reported a lightning strike following departure.”
“The Airbus A330 was headed to Rome, Italy.”
“The FAA will investigate.”
“FAA regulations require that commercial aircraft be designed to withstand lightning strikes.”
Aircraft Grounded Overnight: Back in Service Today?
Following the lightning strike on Delta Air Lines flight DL112 Boston-Rome, N831NW has been grounded since.
However, data from RadarBox.com suggests that the aircraft is expected to fly again later today.
Subject to change, N831NW will perform the DL256 service to Amsterdam from Boston at 1655 local time.
From there, it is expected to operate the return flight tomorrow morning.
At this stage, all we can do is wait to see if the aircraft operates the flight or not.
If the relevant repairs and checks haven’t been made, then the aircraft will remain grounded following this.
As soon as we have more information pertinent to this, then we will update you accordingly.
Such updates will be seen at the bottom of this article as more information comes in.
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