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Old 8th Dec 2015, 14:17
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Crash one

Years ago I was flying a PA34 Seneca five to Shannon via Walasey DUB over Dublin there was a huge storm which had closed the airport and fuelling down.
Taking a gap all went black followed by an almighty flash of lightning which hit my left wing some 3 feet away
THe radios temporarily went in a mass of crackle!
On turning around to check the PAX all their hair was standing vertically upright and I am sure their teeth glowed whiter than normal so I suppose the answe had to be yes static electricity can power hair to stand up right

The above is all true bar maybe white teeth and I was vectored onto the glide
We were chased by mini lightning bolts to the ground and I was convinced the aircraft was setting them off

Landing in Dublin there was a line of maybe 30 aircraft in the hold on the taxiway and all fuel services shut down

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