AirMalta aircraft 9H-AEH was hit by lightning on the front part of the aircraft while approaching Malta, yesterday.

Although it seems that the aircraft suffered no structural damage, fire crews deployed just the same and stood down after the plane parked.

Aircrafts have lightning protection systems but engineers must assess whether any system suffered damage.

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