Tension at Orly Airport
Lightning strikes an airplane Corsica during boarding
An Airbus A320 was hit on Monday while passengers from the Paris-Ajaccio flight were already on board. The appearance of smoke required immediate evacuation.
Smoke appeared in the impact, forcing the immediate evacuation of the passengers (pretext image).
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- Lightning struck an Airbus A320 from Air Corsica during boarding in Orly.
- Smoke appeared in the impact, forcing the immediate evacuation of the passengers.
- The emergency services quickly intervened to inspect the damaged device.
- Air Corsica has reorganized the transport of travelers to other flights.
An Airbus A320 from Air Corsica was struck by lightning on Monday at Orly’s Parisian airport, while boarding of passengers was underway, according to information from “Parisian”. The incident occurred on a Paris-Ajaccio flight which was to take off in the following minutes.
The impact of lightning caused the appearance of smoke at the back of the cabin. As a precaution, the crew immediately asked the passengers already present on board the plane.
The emergency services at Orly airport intervened quickly on site after the alert. Their teams confirmed the presence of a trace of smoke at the footprint, the rear part of the aircraft including the rulhes of steering and depth.
Canceled flight
Faced with this situation, Air Corsica made the decision to cancel the flight. The Airbus A320 was towed to a maintenance hangar where an in -depth technical inspection was launched.
Air Corsica organized the reaches of passengers to Ajaccio by dividing them over other flights from the company from the same airport.
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