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I've been in a plane that was struck by lightening... Nothing happened at all except a loud boom that scared the shit out of everyone on the plane.

I was scheduled to take the same plane on my next leg as well.. They inspected the plane for over an hour and eventually cleared it to fly. We climbed back on the same plane and flew safely to our destination.

The boom that you hear is seriously loud enough to make you crap right in your pants.

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Originally posted by mdcq
One hour...you underestimate me! :1orglaugh

Well done grasshopper :bowdown

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Originally posted by ModelBuffet
Well done grasshopper :bowdown

took a few minutes to add JUICY CASH to it. but now its just what i wanted. :glugglug

Damn, that's scary!:helpme

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Originally posted by mdcq
THERES....SOMETHING ON THE WING.....SOME...THING....ON THE...WING

:1orglaugh :thumbsup

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Originally posted by Tala
Quick, someone show me how to resize that to a button-sized image. That would kick ASS as my sig!

lol

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Originally posted by KRosh
The last confirmed civilian plane crash that was directly attributed to lightning in the U.S. was in 1967, when lightning caused a catastrophic fuel tank explosion. Since then, much has been learned about how lightning can affect airplanes, and protection techniques have improved. Airplanes receive a rigorous set of lightning certification tests to verify the safety of their designs.

What happens when an aircraft is struck by lightning?

Although passengers and crew may see a flash and hear a loud noise, nothing serious should happen because of the careful lightning protection engineered into the aircraft and its sensitive components. Initially, the lightning will attach to an extremity, such as the nose or wing tip. The airplane then flies through the lightning flash, which reattaches itself to the fuselage at other locations while the airplane is in the electric "circuit" between the regions of opposite polarity. The current will travel through the conductive exterior skin and structures of the aircraft and exit off some other extremity, such as the tail. Pilots occasionally report temporary flickering of lights or short-lived interference with instruments. We have heard reports of the activation of cabin oxygen masks; no doubt frightening for the passengers.

:thumbsup

I have been about 100 feet from a lightening strike on the ground and it sounded llike a bomb going off.

Maybe it is not so bad in a plane because it isn't really going to ground but just looking for a path to ground and so leaves the plane and continues downward.

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Originally posted by ModelBuffet
Yeah that would scare the crap out of you :bowdown and kiss your ass goodbye

you won't feel a thing..same as you sit in a car and get hit by lightning, no problemo

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Originally posted by KC
The boom that you hear is seriously loud enough to make you crap right in your pants.

The excuses you come up with to rationalize why you have crap in your pants.......:thumbsup

I'm sure it happens.

However, given the MILLIONS of flights every year. And the MILLIONS of instances of lightning flashing without ever hitting anything... the chances of a Plane getting hit by lightning no less is one in the MILLIONS.

I wouldn't worry about it.

wow that is fuckin crazy

I can see it being a comfortable experience.

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Originally posted by Peaches
The excuses you come up with to rationalize why you have crap in your pants.......:thumbsup

What's that smell?:throwup

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Originally posted by mdcq
THERES....SOMETHING ON THE WING.....SOME...THING....ON THE...WING

arr back when shatner could act!!

:winkwink:

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Originally posted by stembolt
arr back when shatner could act!!

:winkwink:

That's what makes the guy so funny and fun to watch...