THY A319 at Istanbul on Nov 27th 2013, lightning strike

A THY Turkish Airlines Airbus A319-100, registration TC-JLT performing flight TK-1877 from Istanbul (Turkey) to Milan Malpensa (Italy) with 115 passengers, was climbing out of Istanbul's runway 35L when the crew stopped the climb at FL100 reporting a lightning strike and returned to Istanbul for a safe landing on runway 05 about 13 minutes after departure. There were no injuries, the aircraft received substantial damage however.

A replacement Airbus A319-100 registration TC-JLU reached Milan with a delay of 75 minutes.

Metars:

LTBA 272050Z 35005KT 320V020 9999 FEW015CB BKN030 BKN080 13/10 Q1021 NOSIG

LTBA 272020Z VRB04KT 9999 FEW017CB BKN030 BKN090 14/10 Q1020 NOSIG

LTBA 271950Z 10006KT 060V150 9999 FEW017CB BKN030 BKN090 13/10 Q1020 NOSIG

LTBA 271920Z 11006KT 080V150 9999 FEW017CB BKN030 BKN090 14/10 Q1020 NOSIG

LTBA 271850Z 13007KT 070V180 9999 FEW015CB SCT025 BKN080 15/12 Q1020 NOSIG

LTBA 271820Z 12005KT 070V160 9999 FEW017CB SCT030 BKN090 14/11 Q1019 NOSIG

LTBA 271750Z 06004KT 020V130 9999 FEW020TCU SCT030 BKN090 14/11 Q1019 NOSIG

LTBA 271720Z 05004KT 020V160 9999 FEW011 SCT035 BKN090 14/11 Q1019 NOSIG