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NSNick Laidback Admin Level: 85  Posts: 3411/3875 EXP: 5895841 For next: 2699 Since: 03-15-04 From: North Side School: OSU Since last post: 9 hours Last activity: 1 hour |
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 Co-pilot: "That's such bullshit." Pilot: "It happened, I swear! May God strike me down if it didn't!" Seriously, that must have scared the shit out of everybody on that plane. The full story is here. |
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Ran-chan Moldorm eek, when are they going to stop growing... Level: 143  Posts: 11011/12781 EXP: 35293588 For next: 538220 Since: 03-15-04 From: Nerima District, Tokyo - Japan Since last post: 12 hours Last activity: 12 hours |
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Wtf? How could the PLANE have triggered the lightning?  I don´t think the odds are big to get hit by a lightning.  |
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fabio Chuck Level: 45  Posts: 706/1479 EXP: 629903 For next: 30261 Since: 07-02-05 From: Somewhere in Texas Since last post: 7 hours Last activity: 7 hours |
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I'll still go in a airplane after seeing that. I'm just glad no one was hurt during the lightning strike. |
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Sandy53215 Acmlm (10:55:31 PM): they're having fun for the first time in so long Level: 47  Posts: 849/948 EXP: 713034 For next: 53169 Since: 03-15-04 From: Milwaukee, Wisconsin (U.S.A) Since last post: 1 day Last activity: 4 hours |
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| I would fly a plane but not that one after reading... It is unknown if the aircraft experienced any damage. How is it unknown? How about when it lands lets check? |
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Tanookirby Bullet Bill Level: 30 Posts: 468/509 EXP: 152637 For next: 13232 Since: 05-09-05 Since last post: 2 days Last activity: 2 hours |
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| The airplane must have had an insulator somewhere. Maybe that's why nobody was hurt. | |||
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PumpkinPie Boo! I'll scare your dad!  Big Boo Pretend Moderator All hail the Pumpkin King! Level: 47  Posts: 851/1158 EXP: 718208 For next: 47995 Since: 12-05-04 From: Halloween Town Treats: Many Tricks: Oh yes Since last post: 2 days Last activity: 8 hours |
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| That's pretty cool. Looks like the lightning didn't even phase the plane. | |||
Emptyeye Real American Level: 67 Posts: 2084/2273 EXP: 2488421 For next: 104451 Since: 05-24-04 From: I DUNNOOOOOOOO!! Since last post: 9 hours Last activity: 4 hours |
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| I actually heard somewhere that this is...well, common enough that planes are built to be able to survive lightning strikes. I have no idea how true it is, mind you. |
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Snika Boo Level: 44  Posts: 407/916 EXP: 600678 For next: 10607 Since: 07-21-04 From: Freezing Cold Alaska! Since last post: 2 days Last activity: 2 days |
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| Well it makes sense to have lighting-proof planes 'caz they fly so high up in the sky. Next thing you know, they'll come out with lighting-proof golfers! | |||
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NSNick Laidback Admin Level: 85 Posts: 3425/3875 EXP: 5895841 For next: 2699 Since: 03-15-04 From: North Side School: OSU Since last post: 9 hours Last activity: 1 hour |
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| I did some reading, and yes, planes are built to be unaffected by lightning. Planes in America get hit by lightning once a year on average, but the last lightning-caused crash was something like 40 years ago, when the lightning sparked an explosion in a fuel tank. Since then, the fuel tanks and electronic equipment have been lightning-proofed. The reason passengers aren't harmed is becuase the electricity is conducted around the outside of the airplane's metal body. | |||
Bella Ludwig Von Koopa You're Gonna Love Me Level: 76  Posts: 1746/2962 EXP: 3891483 For next: 114577 Since: 03-29-04 From: Groovy Way Since last post: 8 min. Last activity: 6 min. |
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Ooh, that's cool..I swear I didn't know that. Yay, learned something new!!  It's still scary though.. |
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Danielle Local Moderator  Level: 76  Posts: 1740/3359 EXP: 3958078 For next: 47982 Since: 09-15-04 From: RATE Since last post: 3 hours Last activity: 3 hours |
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| Planes are protected from lightning now? I didn't know that!! I used to worry about that. If it was possible to get struck and cause the plane to go down. Still creepy to see. It almost looks like a cartoon or something. |
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Mel (USER WAS TOTALLY AWESOME FOR THIS POST) Level: 47  Posts: 958/991 EXP: 762490 For next: 3713 Since: 03-15-04 From: secure tripcodes are for jerks Since last post: 17 min. Last activity: 16 min. |
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| Heard a pretty good one a year or two ago about a family of four whose car was struck by lightning when they were driving on a lonely highway out on the west coast. None of them were harmed and the car didn't act up at all. I remember something in the article about cars being protected because of their rubber tires against the ground. | |||
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NSNick Laidback Admin Level: 85 Posts: 3429/3875 EXP: 5895841 For next: 2699 Since: 03-15-04 From: North Side School: OSU Since last post: 9 hours Last activity: 1 hour |
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| That's not why the people weren't harmed when the lightning struck. The metal body of the car conducted the electricity, which then jumped to the ground. (link) Also, here is a good article about lightning striking airplanes. |
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Ran-chan Moldorm eek, when are they going to stop growing... Level: 143 Posts: 11022/12781 EXP: 35293588 For next: 538220 Since: 03-15-04 From: Nerima District, Tokyo - Japan Since last post: 12 hours Last activity: 12 hours |
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Originally posted by Danielle I didn´t know about that either. I´d crap my pants if a plane I was on were hit by the lightning. Hmm, it looks like the lightning strikes two times on that picture. |
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PumpkinPie Boo! I'll scare your dad! Big Boo Pretend Moderator All hail the Pumpkin King! Level: 47 Posts: 862/1158 EXP: 718208 For next: 47995 Since: 12-05-04 From: Halloween Town Treats: Many Tricks: Oh yes Since last post: 2 days Last activity: 8 hours |
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| It's too bad the camera quality is so poor. It'd be neat to see that in color, and with less fuzz. | |||
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Bella Ludwig Von Koopa You're Gonna Love Me Level: 76 Posts: 1756/2962 EXP: 3891483 For next: 114577 Since: 03-29-04 From: Groovy Way Since last post: 8 min. Last activity: 6 min. |
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Originally posted by Duke Nukem Yeah, I think it was on some news type show I was watching where this lady's car got struck by lightening and the lights on the front and rear bulbs shattered and survived with a burn on her lip. Originally posted by Danielle I thought that maybe the plane would short circuit or something if the lightening hit it  but at least its protected |
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Bio Buster Beetle Level: 27  Posts: 76/458 EXP: 107144 For next: 9015 Since: 07-06-05 From: a laboratory somewhere... Waiting to be completed Since last post: 8 hours Last activity: 5 hours |
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| Lightning is made of really unstable electrical static energy so to gain stability he must reach the ground via the most conductive objet normally its rain but when something more conductive is in the way,lighting while go that way creating an homing against the plane effect normally that don't happen beacause plane fly above the cloud but when landing they still vulnerable,this is way that kind of thing almost never happen (edited by Bio on 08-15-05 08:28 PM) |
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PumpkinPie Boo! I'll scare your dad! Big Boo Pretend Moderator All hail the Pumpkin King! Level: 47 Posts: 884/1158 EXP: 718208 For next: 47995 Since: 12-05-04 From: Halloween Town Treats: Many Tricks: Oh yes Since last post: 2 days Last activity: 8 hours |
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I remember one time I was flying through a storm. It was really scary, but that also could have been because I was 10 and traveling alone  . |
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