Plane struck by lightening.
 

This would seriously suck.

https://youtube.com/watch?v=kun-fZHY7ZA

...mmm yeah that would be an inconvenience.........definitively........

Ouch!
Do you know if everybody is OK? Did they land safely? :(

its not uncommon

my mom was on a flight that got hit by one, she just said it's REALLY LOUD. they're actually built to withstand it, somehow the electricity passes around it and doesn't interrupt anything. and yeah, it's not uncommon at all.

Doesn't look like it hurts the plane but ya would definitely be scary

the planes are made for it, it happens a lot just scares everyone but nothing happens to the plane

That's wild it doesn't screw up their avionics.

Hey this happens all the time yo :-)

It happenes all the time. More often than not, no damage to the plane.

that Airport looks like Mexico City.

that sucks.....

scary shit

thats really scarey...i dont know how i'd react

Did all the passengers exit with Don King hairdos?

:Oh crap

That video was 30 seconds longer then it needed to be.

Does this happen all the time?

Just curious how come all I see in your sig is TWO anti-hotlink images from imageshack? Did I miss a joke about image shack? :helpme

Lightning strikes are scary as hell in a plane :warning

No actually I heard in this thread that uh it uh happens all the uh time

Crap, b/w hijackers, pilots accidentally firing guns, and crashes...
As if it could get any scarier to fly.

:Oh crap

weird, looked like its not broken from here :Oh crap
thanks :)

yup and my blackberry is going to make the plane crash... right... :1orglaugh

I've heard this happens all the time...

Provided that the planes are properly protected (which I'm sure they are), I think it's possible those inside wouldn't even notice, as the plane's not grounded.

Could be because I use gofuckyourself.com and they have it banned possibly. Maybe it's ok on gfy.com or the other domains. But from the fully spelled domain, it was just anti-hotlink images.. some other people have them too and I thought it was a joke, lol.

Course they are ok, why not? It's just a lightning hitting a plane :2 cents:

I always thought it would be super scary to be in a plane when it got hit by lightning.... I was pretty sure they were built to withstand but regardless, it could be pretty overwhelming if you are an anxious flyer.

I'd probably shit my pants !

This thread is en-lightening.

Yeah after some looking, the planes lights are still blinking after the strike.

https://youtube.com/watch?v=e7MII...eature=related
https://youtube.com/watch?v=Yu_moia-oVI

I think thats different footage but the same event.

Even more funny. Planes actually stimulate lightning and encourage themselves to be hit (plane not the pilot).

Not sure if there is video up but there was some military test pilot whos job was to get struck in his plane. Talk about a fucked up job.

I remember being in Tucson one summer during a pretty fierce lightning storm. I saw what looked like a ball of lightning bounce across the mountain tops. I asked my friend if he saw it, and he acted like I was high or something.

Later that day I heard a radio report about ball lightning being reported. They said that it has been reported to roll down the aisles of commercial airliners. Now that would be freaky.

http://internetservices.readingeagle...ightning01.jpg

shit that would suck being on that plane fuck

Bingo.

If the plane were on the ground at the time, it'd probably be a whole different story. Negative ions (lightning) meeting positive ions (the earth), right? Seems like the circuit wouldn't be complete unless the plane was on the ground. In which case, that's one plane I really would not want to be on.

would be very un-nerving to those inside

I thought when planes got struck by lightning they were equiped with some item that kept the plane from being harmed, like some kind of high tech lightning rod?

Happens almost daily no big deal