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By: - 23rd February 2001 at 07:17 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
RE: Lightning Strikes...
Yup...the same news was in the papers here also but the new people of here killed the pilot;-). I was travelling from Bombay to New Delhi on an Airbus 320 and our aircraft was hit by lightning....there was a big roar and the plane just rocked a little..hats all. No injuries or anything but most of the people were petrified. All aircrafts are safe from lightning as they have a transmitter which whenever lightning hits sends it towards the earth through waves.
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By: V1 - 22nd February 2001 at 19:10
Hello all, I have just read an interesting story in the newspaper about a British Airways 757 flight..
Back in October last year, a BA B757 was flying from AMS to LHR when it was struck by lightning, which resulted in the injury of the first officer, who was leaning his arm near the side cockpit window. The pilot was fine, but has not returned to duty as of yet. The a/c landed safely at LHR.
I was wondering, has anyone ever flew on an airliner that has been struck by lighning? It sounds quite disturbing if the occupants inside can be injured by a strike..
Regards,
V1