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  • Location: frogmore south devon
  • Location: frogmore south devon
post-5438-1206818811_thumb.pngslow motionpost-5438-1206818826_thumb.pnghope you likepost-5438-1206818011_thumb.png It's a nippon aircraft in Osaka Edited by BARRY
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  • Location: Western Isle of Wight
  • Weather Preferences: Snow, Storm, anything loud and dramatic.
  • Location: Western Isle of Wight

Looks like a bit of the plane actually blew up :lol:

Cheers Barry :)

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  • Location: frogmore south devon
  • Location: frogmore south devon
Looks like a bit of the plane actually blew up :lol:

Cheers Barry :)

apparently no one was injured, and no equipment was damaged but god knows how

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  • Location: Caterham-on-the-hill, Surrey, 190m asl (home), Heathrow (work)
  • Location: Caterham-on-the-hill, Surrey, 190m asl (home), Heathrow (work)

I think planes are designed so that internal equipment isn't damaged during lightning strikes, afterall, I imagine it is not that unusual. Though planes tend to avoid flying through thunderstorms due to the severe turbulence, large hail and wind shear associated with them- which can make it hazardous for landing/taking off in particular wrt to wind shear - more so than being struck by lightning. Probably shook up the passangers and crew alike though!

Geat footage though!

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  • Location: South Shields Tyne & Wear half mile from the coast.
  • Location: South Shields Tyne & Wear half mile from the coast.

Aircraft are put through tests to see how to protect them more against lightning strikes ........

http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?id=what-h...tni&catID=3

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  • Location: Reading/New York/Chicago
  • Location: Reading/New York/Chicago
I think planes are designed so that internal equipment isn't damaged during lightning strikes, afterall, I imagine it is not that unusual. Though planes tend to avoid flying through thunderstorms due to the severe turbulence, large hail and wind shear associated with them- which can make it hazardous for landing/taking off in particular wrt to wind shear - more so than being struck by lightning. Probably shook up the passangers and crew alike though!

Geat footage though!

Indeed. There was a crash in 1985 attributed to microburst induced windshear.

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