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World Service,2 mins

What happens when a plane is struck by lightning?

Science In Action

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Every commercial aircraft is struck by lightning an average of about once per year. Rhys Phillips, a research engineer in lightning and electrostatics, explains what happens to a plane and how it's designed to cope with such occurrences. (Image: Passenger airplane travelling through sky against stormy bolt cloudscape, Credit: iStock / Getty Images Plus.)

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