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Member Since: November 2011 Posts: 3,256 Send Message	Graham	Report	22 Aug 2015 10:46
	A passengar onboard a plane in Atlanta, America filmed another plane on the runway being struck by lightning. :-0 http://edition.cnn.com/2015/08/20/travel/delta-lightning-strike-atlanta-airport-feat/ Thankfully nobody was hurt.
Member Since: February 2003 Posts: 29,988 Send Message	+++DetEcTive+++	Report	22 Aug 2015 10:50
	My goodness! Would the passengers be aware do you think?
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Member Since: November 2011 Posts: 3,256 Send Message	Graham	Report	22 Aug 2015 10:58
	Apparently "Estimates show that each commercial airliner averages one lighting hit per year but the last crash that was attributed to lightning was in 1967 when the fuel tank exploded, causing the plane to crash." http://www.physlink.com/Education/AskExperts/ae568.cfm The planes are designed to conduct the lightning around the outer shell of the plane, without getting in. Still pretty scary though. ;-)