An Aer Lingus Airbus A330 (EI-DAA) from Dublin to Miami was forced to return to Dublin after being notified of severe damage to runway lights. There is an assumption that the A330 hit the runway lights on take-off.
The aircraft took off Dublin airport as EI141 at 14:45 (UTC), 45 minutes after take-off the aircraft headed back for a landing about 2 hours after its take-off.
Reported runway light damage has forced Aer Lingus #EI141 to Miami to return to Dublin pic.twitter.com/86eJw32pN6
— ???Nik’s News??? (@NikPhillips666) October 20, 2017
@airlivenet #EI141returning to #DUB pic.twitter.com/5ZjpztOsaS
— Aidan Hickey (@AidanHickey) October 20, 2017