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?I?ve been struck by lightning twice. Most pilots have. Airplanes are built to take it. You hear a big boom and see a big flash and that?s it. You?re not going to fall out of the sky.? -Pilot for a regional carrier, Charlotte, North Carolina
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Had that happen one bright, sunny morning about 2 minutes after take off from LAX.
My eyes were closed getting ready to nod off and suddenly it was like someone set off a massive flash bulb in my face with a sound like one of the wings just snapped off. Funny thing was, all we felt was a light bump.
We were all looking around like, WTF! A few minutes later the captain came on to explain things.
Though their was a slight bit of a foggy haze just above the runways, we were above it with know other clouds around so I never would have guessed all the commotion would have been because of lightning.