Incident de Havilland Canada DHC-8-103B LN-WII,
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Date:Friday 15 December 2023
Time:12:37 UTC
Type:Silhouette image of generic DH8A model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
de Havilland Canada DHC-8-103B
Owner/operator:Widerøe
Registration: LN-WII
MSN: 384
Year of manufacture:1994
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants:
Aircraft damage: Unknown
Location:nr Rørvik-Ryumsjoen Airport (RVK) -   Norway
Phase: Approach
Nature:Passenger - Scheduled
Departure airport:Trondheim-Værnes Airport (TRD/ENVA)
Destination airport:Rørvik-Ryumsjoen Airport (RVK/ENRM)
Confidence Rating: Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources
Narrative:
Widerøe flight WF794, a DHC-8-103B, was struck by lightning on approach to Rørvik-Ryumsjoen Airport (RVK).
The approach was abandoned and the flight returned to Trondheim-Værnes Airport (TRD).


METAR:

Weather reported about the incident time:
ENRM 151250Z 18010KT 4000 TSRASN BKN012CB 02/00 Q1010
ENRM 151220Z 17009KT 130V200 9999 VCSH FEW009 SCT011 BKN055 02/01 Q1009

Sources:

https://www.abcnyheter.no/nyheter/norge/2023/12/15/195969189/fly-truffet-av-lyn-matte-returnere-til-vaernes
https://www.flightradar24.com/data/aircraft/ln-wii#333d025d

History of this aircraft

Other occurrences involving this aircraft
18 October 2012 LN-WII Wideroe 0 Bergen-Flesland Airport (BGO/ENBR) min

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
16-Dec-2023 08:17 harro Added
16-Dec-2023 08:18 harro Updated [Other fatalities, Location, Narrative]
16-Dec-2023 08:18 harro Updated [Other fatalities, Narrative]

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