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Lightning Strikes a Plane

I don't what was going threw the passengers mind when this lightning bolt hits this plane.

  • Whiteguy
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  • Date 1/9/2008 1:30:00 PM
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jagginess : LVL 35: VP 4.3: said:

jagginess

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684 days 1 hour ago...

even though you hear the thunder effect after a few seconds..the bolt is wayy too thick.. you can tell its fake..

motrhed3 : LVL 31: VP 4: said:

motrhed3

66 votes NegativePositive

684 days ago...

^^ok mr science expert

jdinasheville : LVL 36: VP 4.4: said:

jdinasheville

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683 days 22 hours ago...

If the lighting really hit that plane then i bet the bathroom got real busy. Kind of looked like the lighting was between mumble man and view of plane.

Whiteguy : LVL 39: VP 4.7: said:

Whiteguy

35 votes NegativePositive

683 days 19 hours ago...

@jaggines
thats a joke right? Since when is a lightning bolt to thick? Ok watch the slow motion part look at the bottom of the screen, see the arch of lightning coming up? Now if it were fake do you think the person would go threw that much and add a bolt a lightning arching up from the ground? I think not. You can have another -comment for being a tool.

EckJerome : LVL 38: VP 4.6: said:

EckJerome

42 votes NegativePositive

683 days 19 hours ago...

It`s not unheard of for lightning to hit airplanes (and it rarely causes any damage). Why is it so hard for some people to believe this video? Any bright object has a tendancy to "bleed" when filmed or photographed...does jagginess doubt every photograph he sees of lightning?

Tecton : LVL 14: VP 2.3: said:

Tecton

3 votes NegativePositive

683 days 15 hours ago...

I used to live in an area where it rained a lot, and there were many thunderstorms jagginess. I am no science expert, but usually thunder came a few seconds after lighting.

genaropfr : LVL 33: VP 4.2: said:

genaropfr

34 votes NegativePositive

683 days 15 hours ago...

it`s through, not "threw".

Muufley : LVL 42: VP 5: said:

Muufley

24 votes NegativePositive

683 days 15 hours ago...

jagginess, you must be the smart one of your family.

krosshair : LVL 6: VP 1.5: said:

krosshair

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683 days 15 hours ago...

What went through his mind?

Dunno, maybe something on the order of a billion volts?

Whiteguy : LVL 39: VP 4.7: said:

Whiteguy

1 votes NegativePositive

683 days 14 hours ago...

@Tecton

If you see a lightning bolt count One one thousand two etc ect for every sec that goes by thats a mile for sound. So in 5secs after the lightning bolt you hear thunder its about 5miles away. I hope im right.

mph_ragnarok : LVL 32: VP 4.1: said:

mph_ragnarok

18 votes NegativePositive

683 days 14 hours ago...

Lightning isn`t damaging for planes at all. A plane is like 200 tons of metal, and that`s a lot of metal that can hold a huge amount of charge. To just slightly raise in charge from the really small amount of charge in a lightning bolt isn`t difficult. The plane then lightly ionizes the air around it extremely slightly to lose the charge on the skin and then it`s like nothing happened at all.

chechnya : LVL 22: VP 3.1: said:

chechnya

12 votes NegativePositive

683 days 14 hours ago...

Lightning hitting an airliner is common and airplanes are designed for this. See the below articles on how.

http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/high-voltage/lightning-bolt-hitting-plan
e-taking-off-osaka-294967.php

http://www.physlink.com/Education/AskExper
ts/ae568.cfm

Unmannedperson : LVL 37: VP 4.5: said:

Unmannedperson

5 votes NegativePositive

683 days 14 hours ago...

I don`t know the name and I`m not an engineering expert, but there`s some principle of cylinders (i.e., the body of an airplane) that cancels out electricity. The energy at the bottom travels to the top in two paths around the hollow middle, they meet at the top, canceling out the power. The people inside were safe, if only a little startled.

victory101 : LVL 2: VP 1.1: said:

victory101

4 votes NegativePositive

683 days 13 hours ago...

Planes are designed to be able to withstand a lightning bolt.
It disperses the energy out the points of the wings.
Still regardless, it must`ve been quite shocking to see a bolt flash inside the plane!

kwazyazn21 : LVL 2: VP 1.1: said:

kwazyazn21

1 votes NegativePositive

683 days 13 hours ago...

thought its not dangerous cause the plane isn`t grounded. like in physics this is kinda where the bird is sitting on the power line. It doesn`t damage anything because it cant flow from one thing to another. Or another example sitting inside a car, lightning hits the car but it cant run through it cause the rubber tires is horrible conductors. Thus electricity cant go through into the ground. Hmmm i might just be blabbing might be wrong but hey AP physics shoulda taught me sumthing

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