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Old 27th July 2007 | 03:26
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ahramin
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There was a fiberglass glider in the UK hit by lightning several years ago and it simply exploded. The moisture in the fiberglass turned to vapour and split the thing apart. Both people parachuted safely.

Though obviously this not the same fiberglass process as the airline manufacturers use.
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