Lightning Strike Airbus A320

[neil_r]

These are not my pictures (Used with the premission of Capt A.G.Pop)

A friend of mine is flying for a Spanish airline; this is the result of a lightning strike heading into Bilbao. The aircraft has been in service for less than a month.

I bet that was a fun flight



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[Citizensmith]

Not sure I'd have wanted to be on that plane, but at least it makes the point they are designed to handle a lightning hit.

[Wazza]

Ouch. Your friend should send a couple of the shots, particularly the first one into Airliners.net . The photogs there, would love rare incidents such as that.

Good on him, for keeping his calm, and bringing her down safely.

[Carzee]

The lightning had no choice, that plane uses up a lot of sky! When you gotta go - you gotta go.

[Moppie]

Yikes!

I guess there are similar holes on the top of the plane?


My father got stuck in China for a day last month when the plane he was leaving on flew into a hail storm.
The hail stones where the size of golfballs, and one of them broke a cockpit window, forcing the plane to return.

[Mills]

Woah. Not something you get to see too often. Thankfully.

[dewmuw]

Wow - I bet the passengers enjoyed that trip!

I flew up from London a couple of weeks ago and the guy next to me convinced himself that there was a problem with the plane (we were put into a holding pattern and Manchester) and he was on the edge of panic before we landed. I sure hope he wasn't on this one!

[RockOne]

Interesting photos. Must have been an experience to have been on the plane !