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rjemery 29th Mar 2003 21:04
Struck By Lightning
 
PM Tony Blair recently travelled to the USA to meet with President Bush. He arrived at Andrews AFB near Washington, DC, aboard a chartered BA 777. While on approach, one wing of the plane was struck by lightning.

How common are such lightning strikes of commercial aircraft?

Notso Fantastic 30th Mar 2003 04:21
Frequent. Depending on what area you fly in, known lightning strikes can occur anything from weekly to 6 monthly. There are probably several times as many not known about.
Take a look at
http://lightning.pwr.eng.osaka-u.ac.jp/lrg/temp/plane.html
believed to be a Japanese ANA 747 at Osaka


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