Lightning https://airforces.fr/category/meteo/lightning/ ANGLAIS AERONAUTIQUE - HISTOIRE DE L'AVIATION - Gustave Whitehead, Maxime Lenoir Thu, 08 Oct 2020 19:02:32 +0000 fr-FR hourly 1 Solid-as-a-rock A380 aircraft struck… by lightning! https://airforces.fr/2011/05/22/solid-as-a-rock-a380-aircraft-struck-by-lightning/ Sun, 22 May 2011 08:49:58 +0000 http://airforces.fr/?p=5831 It is not uncommon for aircraft to be struck by lightning but this super heavy Emirates Airbus A380 got hit by a jagged bolt of lightning right over the pilot’s seats. A huge amount of electric energy must have passed…

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]]> It is not uncommon for aircraft to be struck by lightning but this super heavy Emirates Airbus A380 got hit by a jagged bolt of lightning right over the pilot’s seats.

A huge amount of electric energy must have passed through the airframe of the aircraft during its approach at London Heathrow last week. Amazingly the commercial aircraft escaped damage, and nobody was hurt.

Is it any wonder this airplane may sustain such a stress in a clap of thunder? The size and the nature of the A380 airframe seems to be the right solution to such hazards. Thanks to its thick metal structure, the plane behaved as a perfect Faraday cage:

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