Air New Zealand flight NZ-5755 suffered a lightning strike near Dunedin, New Zealand, on October 14th.
The incident happened when the plane, flying from Christchurch, New Zealand, was descending toward Dunedin.
The plane continued for a safe landing. All passengers and crew members remained uninjured.
Sunwing Airlines flight OR-384 had to return and make an emergency landing in Amsterdam, Netherlands, on September 9th.
The Boeing 737-800 plane took off for Rhodes, Greece, but had to turn back after it was struck by lightning.
The plane landed safely. All passengers and crew members remained unharmed.
Finnair flight AY-507 suffered a lightning strike on the way to Kuopio, Finland, on July 18th.
The incident happened when the Embraer ERJ-190 plane was flying from Helsinki, Finland.
The plane continued for a safe landing. All passengers and crew members remained unharmed.
Atlasjet flight KK-9764 had to make an emergency landing in Istanbul, Turkey, on June 18th.
The Boeing 737-800 plane took off for Tbilisi, Georgia, but had to turn back due to a lightning strike.
The plane landed uneventfully. Everyone aboard remained safe.
Air Europa flight UX-98 had to return and make an emergency landing in Miami, Florida, on May 24th.
The Boeing 787-800 plane took off for Madrid, Spain, but had to turn back after a windshield cracked due to a lightning strike.
The plane landed safely. All 178 people aboard remained unharmed.
Wizz Air flight W6-1381 made an emergency landing in Warsaw, Poland, on April 25th.
The Airbus A321-200 plane took off for Charleroi, Belgium, but had to turn back due to a lightning strike.
The plane landed safely. All 220 people aboard remained safe.
THY Turkish Airlines flight TK-537 had to return and make an emergency landing at Istanbul Atatürk Airport, Turkey, on April 17.
The Boeing 737-900 flying to Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, had to return due to a lightning strike.
The plane landed safely.
No injuries were reported.
Virgin Atlantic flight VS-65 had to return and make an emergency landing at Gatwick Airport, England, on March 22nd.
The Boeing 747-400 plane took off for Montego Bay, Jamaica, but had to return shortly afterwards due to a suspected lightning strike.
The plane landed back safely. All passengers and crew members remained unharmed.
SilkAir flight MI-749 was hit by lightning while descending toward Singapore, on March 14th.
The incident happened when the Boeing 737-800 plane was flying from Phuket, Thailand.
The plane continued for a safe landing. Everyone aboard remained unharmed.
Air New Zealand flight NZ-8678 made an emergency landing in Auckland, New Zealand, on March 9th.
The plane took off for Kerikeri, New Zealand, but had to turn back after it was struck by lightning.
The plane landed safely. Everyone aboard remained unharmed.
Delta Airlines flight DL-1201 made a safe landing following a lightning strike in Atlanta, Georgia, on January 21st.
The Airbus A321-200 plane flying from Boston, Massachusetts, was descending toward Atlanta when it experienced a lightning strike on the nose.
The plane continued for a safe landing. All passengers and crew members remained unharmed.
Germania Airlines flight ST-6334 had to divert for an emergency landing in Dalaman, Turkey, on January 10th.
The plane flying from Erfurt, Germany, was on approach to Antalya, Turkey, it was struck by lightning and began experiencing turbulence.
The crew aborted approach and diverted to Dalaman where the plane landed safely.
All passengers and crew members remained unharmed.
SAS Scandinavian Airlines flight SK-596 had to divert and make an emergency landing at Bornholm Airport, Ronne, Denmark, on December 26th.
The Airbus A320-200, flying from Keflavik, Iceland to Copenhagen, Denmark, was mid-air when the crew had to divert due to bad weather followed by a lightning strike.
The plane landed uneventfully. The flight was cancelled.
All passengers were rebooked onto other flights.
Lufthansa Cityline flight LH-66 made a safe landing following a lightning in Muenster, Germany, on November 18th.
The Canadair CRJ-900 plane flying from Frankfurt, Germany, was on approach to Muenster when lightning struck it.
The plane continued for a safe landing. All passengers and crew members remained safe.
Finnair flight AY-427 had to return and make an emergency landing in Helsinki, Finland, on November 19th.
The plane took off for Rovaniemi, Finland, but had to return shortly afterwards due to a lightning strike.
The plane landed safely. All 166 people aboard remained unharmed.
The airline arranged a replacement plane for the passengers.
Wizz Air flight W6-2927 had to divert and make an emergency landing in Budapest, Hungary, on November 7th.
The Airbus A320-200 plane flying from Ljubljana, Slovenia, to Charleroi, Belgium, was diverted due to a lightning strike.
The plane landed safely. Everyone aboard remained unharmed.
The airline arranged a replacement plane for the passengers.
Aeroflot Airlines flight SU-2595 was struck by lightning after taking off from Munich, Germany, on October 18th.
The Airbus A320-200 plane was heading to Moscow, Russia, when it experienced a lightning strike.
However, the crew reported that there were no adverse indications and decided to continue the flight.
The plane landed safely. Everyone aboard remained unharmed.
Asiana Airlines flight OZ-551 made a safe emergency landing at Istanbul Atatürk Airport, Istanbul, Turkey, on August 13.
The Airbus A330-300 flying from Seoul, South Korea, was about to reach when it received a lightning strike.
The plane landed safely.
No one was injured.
Delta Airlines flight DL-1889 had to divert and make an emergency landing at Denver International Airport, Denver, Colorado, on August 7th.
The Airbus A320-200 en-route from Boston, Massachusetts, to Salt Lake City, Utah, was mid-air when it encountered severe turbulence due to hail and lightning.
The plane received damage to its radome, windshields and engines.
All 119 passengers and 5 crew members onboard remained unhurt.
A small plane crashed near the corner of Hart Street and Valjean Avenue in Van Nuys, Los Angeles, California, on August 2nd.
The Arion Lightning plane went down shortly after it took off from Van Nuys Airport.
The pilot, who was the only one aboard, was killed in the crash. He was identified as 78-year-old Arthur Miles Newman, of Malibu.
Authorities said the pilot was practicing touch-and-go landing at the time of crash.
Air New Zealand flight NZ-410 made an emergency landing in Auckland, New Zealand, on July 14th.
The plane flying from Wellington, New Zealand declared an emergency after it was struck by lightning.
The plane continued for a safe landing. All passengers and crew members remained unhurt.
GoAir flight G8-102 made an emergency landing at Indira Gandhi International Airport, New Delhi, India, on July 9th.
The Airbus A320-200 plane, flying from Kolkata, declared an emergency after lightning struck it causing the windshield to crack.
The plane landed uneventfully. All 180 passengers remained safe.
Delta Airlines flight DL-2421 had to make an emergency landing in Salt Lake City, Utah, on May 21st.
The Boeing 737-900 was flying from Phoenix, Arizona, when lightning struck it, causing minor damage to the nose cone.
The plane landed safely. Everyone aboard remained unharmed.
Norwegian International Airlines flight D8-5620 made a safe landing at Helsinki-Vantaa Airport, Helsinki, Finland, on April 23rd.
The Boeing 737-800, flying from Barcelona, Spain, to Helsinki, was on approach to runway when it was struck by lightning.
The plane landed safely. All people onboard remained unharmed.
Norwegian Airlines flight DY-414 made an emergency landing in Oslo, Norway, on April 22nd.
The plane took off for Aalesund, Norway, but had to turn back after it was hit by lightning.
The plane landed safely. Everyone aboard remained unharmed.
