What the records say
- When
- 15 Dec 2014
- Kind
- Air disaster
- Coordinates
- 59.88° N, 1.09° W
- Description
- aviation incident in 2014
- Deaths
- 0
- Injured
- 0
Loganair Flight 6780
2014 aviation incident over the North Sea
Loganair Flight 6780 was a scheduled domestic flight from Aberdeen Airport to Sumburgh Airport in the Shetland Islands, Scotland. On 15 December 2014, the aircraft, a Saab 2000, was struck by lightning during the approach, and then plunged faster than the aircraft's maximum operating speed. The aircraft came within 1,100 feet (340 m) of the North Sea before the pilots recovered and returned to Aberdeen.
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