Boeing 747 Gets Hit By Lightning

Everyone that thinks this is fake needs to go back to school!! A plane doesn't blow up when It's struck, in a storm they are struck a huge number of times!!!

...The plane must be traveling at exactly 88 miles an hour when the lightning strike! Then we'll send you...!...back to the future!"

A charge is always conducted on the outside of planes, cars, etc. If you don't understand that then you need to "stay in school".

I bet all the passengers were filling their pants.lol

i was hit by lightning in a plane from heathrow to glasgow and it made a big bang, the cabin crew had no idea what it was, and yes planes DONT blow up when hit, im a witness to that, scariest flight i hv been on was xmas 2007 70mph winds and on landing the outside of windows went black from the clouds, whats the chances, but it happens quite often, and is suposed to hit the front and travel to back like in this vid, or from one tip of wing to the other going under the plane. I found tht out from a mate that has an air stuadesss as his wife.

Ensure us the "body" of an electric discharge would not pass through a capsule that's metal-shielded, even if it's only partially shielded. In fact, even the metal carcass of the plane has much higher resistivity than air in plasma state so most of the lightning will circumvent the plane, through the near air. However, a residual electric current can and will pass through the inside of the plane. In certain circumstances it can be so strong as to ionize the air inside and actually conduct the discharge, but such a condition is so remote even in laboratory conditions it requires extensive preparation to occur. None the less, the residual current can be strong enough to damage avionics and the air (plasma) on the lightning path is so hot it can melt through anything, so there is a real risk in this situation. That's why after such an incident planes are indeed checked thoroughly.

This event, though in probably less dramatic cases, is a common event. Statistically, about 10% of all aircraft experience lightning stikes. The aircraft itself contributes to this, atmospherically. It is something that the design of commercial aircraft must deal with. (Composite or not, as there are no fully composite airframes of this size flying today). Travel safely everyone, thank science and the engineers who understand these things to keep you safe and allow you to travel in such a manner!
-Q

it's simple, high speed vehicals' tires statically charged and discharged due to friction with land but in case of plane discharge is not held properly due to detachment of tires and land, here at this point the tires are positively charged
because it goes like this
charge1|| charge2 here charge 2 is mother earth itself which is actually greatest capacitor at present,
so lightning = --ve and tire=+ve and earth =ground, that's y it got strucked rather than hiting any tree or a local lightning discharge rod
I am damn sure that all people will be save instead of those who were in direct contect like phone lines which are unlikely to be in the air plane and by Gaussian law that plane would been acted as a space with equipotential surface
hence no big loss

Of course this is expected to happen from time to time. Usually it does no damage, although it can damage electronics on board like any power surge.

Airplanes dont get too much damade when struck

Who wants Cabab???

dont care if happens all the time jus as long im not in it when it does

Of course it's not fake... If everytime that a plain it'S**t by a lightning it falls, there would be a plain crashing every day at least

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it's funny how comerical aircraft and some helicopters can fly in that weather but military fighters can't... I work on the military side these aircraft aren't made to take such a hit... the "new" F-22A sleath technology corroides in the rain... the the aircraft can not, I repeat, can not handle the movement it was designed to do, if you seen videos on it doing manuevers, that same aircraft was grounded after...i've seen a new f-22 fly from the factory to my base, and get grounded after taxing in, and stay grounded for a month... aircraft is not battle ready nor flight ready...piece of S**t

it is very bad montage

5 Stars

lucky that wasnt my plane

very nice timming for the take off

nobody on this plane will say "if I'm lieing may lightnig strike me dead" LOL

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شوفوا قدرة ربنا فى لحظة انفجرت

great video, caught a rare event on film from outside the plant. The charge simply passes through the air plane. the plane is not grounded.

<b> 10 / 10

the aliminium coating that has a charge of electircity, being able to deflect/asorb any lighting striking it

How can it fly after that?

Awesome- thanks for sharing!

With the new composite structure its harder to make an aircraft safe from lightning stike that why they have to chek the bonding of the composite structure...

Yes usualy the aircraft has no major damage following a lightning strike but it is real dangerous... electronic instruments can be damaged, static wick and composite strucure can be destroyed.... the second lighting stike on this aircraft might have damaged it...

after each lightning strike the aircraft must pass a big inspection to make sure its still airworthy

LOL! Are you kidding me!????/

inside the turtle shell kakakakka

DESCRIPTION states that it is struck by lightning... i thought it was gona blow up or sometin lol ...mayb im not so bryt but u it scares us dumb gullable ppls lmao

Whoa! When lightning strikes, inside a plane is a good place to be! Great footage!

By bother was on that flight now he became the spiderman,

Nice movie shot

Its onlt a ATR FLIGHT and the lightning hit far from plane nice clippping

Planes are struck by lightning practically on a daily basis. I was on a C-9 from Oakland to San Diego once that was hit three times on the starboard wing in less than 20 minutes. The lightning struck the wing and traveled toward the fuselage where the bang scared the window seat occupant into the aisle. No damage. Almost never is.

smile wonder if someone one plane by chance put a light bulb in his mouth like uncle Fester on the Adams family and it would light up. hmmm

Yes indeed wisdom is only given to wise and those who fear the lord. This is foolish information given a plane blows up in the air. Will metacafe be discreet in showing what is good enough for the public who uses internet.