Video Of Lightning Hitting A Plane

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Video Of Lightning Hitting A Plane

#1 Postby Category 5 » Fri Aug 31, 2007 5:51 pm

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#2 Postby O Town » Fri Aug 31, 2007 6:40 pm

Woah, scary looking stuff. The whole plane sparked, probably looked like fireworks if you were a passenger.
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#3 Postby HURAKAN » Sat Sep 01, 2007 8:00 am

http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/high-voltage ... 294967.php

It's impressive and combines three of our greatest fears!!! Night, lightning, flying.
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Re: Video Of Lightning Hitting A Plane

#4 Postby coriolis » Sun Sep 02, 2007 8:44 am

Thats incredible! I guess that the electricity passed harmlessly along the aluminum skin of the plane. I wonder if it fried any of the electronics, though.
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#5 Postby x-y-no » Sun Sep 02, 2007 10:32 am

Wow ...

Like coriolis, I'm curious whether any of the plane's electronics were damaged.

And good thing this happened on takeoff rather than just before landing ... I imagine that would throw the pilot off his game for at least a few seconds.
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