PAX on BA 737 EDI-LHR February 2001 on downwind leg to 9L. Lightening hit nacelle directly outside my window. Deafening bang that was over v.quickly and wing lit up green which would probably have been quite pretty but I was contemplating my imminent death.
Captain came on straightaway and said that some of us might have noticed a little bang (a little bang! It probably was up the sharp end!) but a plane was the safest place to be when lightening strikes and we would be landing in 5 mins.
As we turned onto what turned out to be a short final we got hit again! Everybody was anxiously awaiting the reassuring tones of the Captain but none came. He had his hands full with the landing and we all had white knuckles!!
