Felly sgrifennodd Martin Rowley :
... I'm not doubting the lightning strikes; what I wonder is why it is
assumed this was the *cause* of the problem - if it was, we'd have
aircraft falling out of the sky every day & careering off runways all
over the world.

I didn't read into the reports that lightning was the cause; it was mentioned,
I took it, as a possible contributing factor.

If the pilot was startled at a crucial moment, might this not have had a
bearing on his ability to control the plane?

Adrian
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