Romanian plane struck by lightning

                            

ISTANBUL, KOMPAS.com - A plane belonging Transporturile Aeriene Roma n e (Tarom) Airlines Romanian national airline, has been struck by lightning shortly after landing at the airport Istanbul, Turkey.

However, there were no casualties in this incident.

Excerpted from The Associated Press, Sunday (13/01/2013), the incident that hit the aircraft with 38 passengers are now being investigated.

flight back to Bucharest was canceled pending the outcome of investigation. For a while known lightning strike causes only minor damage.

Some passengers were finally given another flight alternative. While some of the other passengers were given accommodation at hotel in Istanbul.

Tarom now flies to 53 destinations in Europe, Africa, and the Middle East. With only 24 aircraft, in Indonesia, Tarom airline capacity not greater than Indonesia AirAsia.

Airline stocks were at 95 per cent owned by the government.

According to Lightning Technologies, at least once a year, lightning struck the aircraft in the United though not seriously affected.

serious accidents caused by lightning, according to Lightning Technologies, occurred in 1967 in the United States, when lightning caused the aircraft's fuel tank explosion.

However, aerospace technology has changed a lot since the incident.