North Sea Lightning Strike
A Bond Super Puma L2 got struck by lightning this morning just off the North Coast of Scotland, and made a safe return to Aberdeen.
I know over the last 20 years we've had a fair few lightning strikes on helicopters, often in this mystery -2'C to +2'C band and they've caused a wide variety of damage from lost tail rotors, broken blades, and then some aircraft with no visible damage at all.
There were various rumours floating about that all aircraft have to be stripped down following a strike and de-magnatized and/or checked for damage to even the smallest of components as the path of the electricity can be so unpredictable.
Is this the case or can an inspection be carried out in a few days off line just to check no major damage ?? How did these two aircraft fare ??