Frontier A320 near Denver on Jul 11th 2014, lightning strike

A Frontier Airlines Airbus A320-200, registration N203FR performing flight F9-141 from Denver,CO to Seattle,WA (USA) with 168 people on board, was climbing out of Denver the aircraft was hit by lightning taking the weather radar out. The crew decided to divert to Salt Lake City,UT, climbing to FL360 for the about 350nm distance to Salt Lake. The aircraft landed safely in Salt Lake City about 2 hours after departure from Denver.

The aircraft was repaired in Salt Lake City, was able to continue the journey after about 4 hours on the ground and reached Seattle with a delay of 6 hours.

The airline reported the aircraft diverted to Salt Lake City after receiving the lightning strike due to the bad weather at Denver which the aircraft could not return to because of the failed weather radar.

Metars Denver:

DEN 120153Z 27006KT 10SM SCT110 SCT140 BKN180 21/17 A3018 RMK AO2 SLP144 T02110172

KDEN 120053Z 16011KT 10SM SCT110 SCT140 BKN180 21/17 A3017 RMK AO2 RAE32 SLP145 P0000 T02060172

KDEN 112353Z 28007KT 10SM -RA FEW080 SCT100 BKN120 19/16 A3017 RMK AO2 TSE40 SLP149 OCNL LTGICCG DSNT NE AND S CB DSNT NE AND S MOV NE P0004 60012 T01940156 10333 20189 51020

KDEN 112341Z 27011G20KT 10SM -RA FEW080 SCT100 BKN120 19/16 A3018 RMK AO2 TSE40OCNL LTGICCG DSNT NE AND S AND W CB DSNT NE AND S AND W MOV NE P0003 T01890156

KDEN 112253Z 30006KT 9SM -TSRA FEW060 SCT075 BKN095CB 21/16 A3017 RMK AO2 PK WND 29045/2158 WSHFT 2152 SLP148 FRQ LTGICCG VC W TS VC W MOV NE P0008 T02060156

KDEN 112233Z 00000KT 10SM -TSRA FEW055 BKN080 OVC095CB 21/15 A3016 RMK AO2 PK WND 29045/2158 WSHFT 2152 FRQ LTGICCG VC SW TS VC SW MOV NE P0008 T02110150

KDEN 112219Z 34010KT 5SM -TSRA FEW055 OVC085CB 20/14 A3015 RMK AO2 PK WND 29045/2158 WSHFT 2152 FRQ LTGICCG VC E TS VC E MOV E P0008 T02000144

KDEN 112207Z 33025G45KT 3SM TSRA OVC085CB 19/15 A3015 RMK AO2 PK WND 29045/2158WSHFT 2152 PRESRR FRQ LTGICCG OHD TS OHD MOV E P0000 T01890150 $

KDEN 112153Z 30044KT 10SM TSRA OVC090CB 31/11 A3011 RMK AO2 RAB48 TSB39 SLP108 FRQ LTGICCG OHD TS OHD MOV E P0000 T03060111