Lightning strikes a hole in Icelandair Flight to Denver
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Lightning strikes a hole in Icelandair Flight to Denver
"There were some scary moments Tuesday on a Denver-bound Icelandair flight after lightning struck, blasting a hole in the nose of the plane."
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Denver-bound Icelandair flight from Reykjavik hit by lightning - The Denver Post
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Denver-bound Icelandair flight from Reykjavik hit by lightning - The Denver Post
"When you fly internationally, you're not subject to the same FAA regulations as domestic airlines are," Price said.
"I think the entire plane may have had drinks," he said. "When we got off the plane, everyone was talking about it."
All in all a "good news" event: nobody gets hurt, all ends well at the destination.
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I would of thought they should of turned back being that close to base?!
They were struck by lightning, there were no indications of any problems, so continued.
Octane - airplanes get hit by lightning every day, literally (on average, every commercial jetliner is hit ~1/year). Everything still worked, no indications of a problem, so they kept going. I'm sure the pilots were as shocked as anyone when they saw the hole (although they may have wondered why it was louder than normal on the flight deck during the flight).