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| A still from the video of lightning hitting a Delta Airlines Boeing 737-900ER |
Staff correspondent, August 21, 2015, NewsCrunch
A Delta Airlines Boeing 737-900ER that was getting ready to take-off at theAtlanta airport was hit by a bolt of lightning.
A video, which shows the exact moment of the lightning striking, has gone viral.
A passenger at another plane, Jack Perkins, whose plane was grounded because of the bad weather, shot the video with his mobile camera.
All the 111 customers and six crew, who were in the plane when the lightning bolt hit, are safe.
Planes are hit by lightning frequently, say on an average once every two years, and are built to withstand the impact of lightning.
The Daily Telegraph reports that the bolts usually hit the wing tip or the nose of the plane. The current discharged by the bolt will then travel through the aeroplane’s metal shell before leaving from another point.
An expert is quoted saying, you may not even notice when a lightning strikes a plane.
A Delta Airlines Boeing 737-900ER that was getting ready to take-off at the
A video, which shows the exact moment of the lightning striking, has gone viral.
A passenger at another plane, Jack Perkins, whose plane was grounded because of the bad weather, shot the video with his mobile camera.
All the 111 customers and six crew, who were in the plane when the lightning bolt hit, are safe.
Planes are hit by lightning frequently, say on an average once every two years, and are built to withstand the impact of lightning.
The Daily Telegraph reports that the bolts usually hit the wing tip or the nose of the plane. The current discharged by the bolt will then travel through the aeroplane’s metal shell before leaving from another point.
An expert is quoted saying, you may not even notice when a lightning strikes a plane.