{"id":28645,"date":"2022-12-24T17:17:04","date_gmt":"2022-12-24T11:47:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/?p=28645"},"modified":"2025-04-30T22:43:09","modified_gmt":"2025-04-30T17:13:09","slug":"spirit-airlines-flight-makes-emergency-landing-in-philadelphia-after-being-struck-by-lightning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/2022\/12\/24\/spirit-airlines-flight-makes-emergency-landing-in-philadelphia-after-being-struck-by-lightning\/","title":{"rendered":"Spirit Airlines flight makes emergency landing in Philadelphia after being struck by lightning"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Spirit Airlines flight 2214, with service between Philadelphia International Airport to Cancun International Airport, diverted to PHL just 1 hour after takeoff. The reason for the diversion was a supposed double-lightning strike.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Flight 2214 is Spirit’s daily direct service between the Pennsylvania capital to the famous Mexican tourist destination of Cancun. The flight departs at 10:05 and lands in Cancun at 13:59. The ultra-low-cost carrier uses its Airbus A321 aircraft on the route.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The flight in today’s incident is a 5-year-old Airbus A321-200 registered as N674NK. Just one hour before departing Philadelphia, the aircraft had flown in from Orlando International Airport.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Eight minutes after taking off and reaching an altitude of 7,950 feet, the aircraft descended and flew in circles numerous times around Philadelphia. At 16:03 UTC, the A321 landed at PHL.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The crew members were heard stating they had been struck by lightning twice on air traffic control recordings between the pilots and Philadelphia air traffic controllers. In a report provided to CNN, the airline said that the aircraft had landed safely and was operating to accommodate passengers affected by the incident.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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