John Nice wrote:


"Richard Dixon" wrote in message
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Just peering out of my window from up in the gods at the approaching
storm and just saw an inbound BA plane to Heathrow get hit by
lightning - that would have been an experience for those on board !

I was returning to Heathrow late one night through a cloudburst. About one
minute from landing there was a loudish thump, one side of all the cabin
lights went out, and a bright blue-green ball (best description I can put on
it) about 2 inches diameter shot down the middle of the aisle from fore to
aft. It sticks in my mind because, the aircraft having 'gone technical', we
were parked miles from the terminal and had a 50-yard dash through torrential
rain to the bus.

John

About 20 years ago I was on a London-bound jet that was struck by lightning
about a minute after take-off from Aberdeen. There was a flash, a loud bang and
that was it. The flight crew didn't seem to be at all bothered and we continued
on to London uneventfully.

--
Norman Lynagh
Tideswell, Derbyshire
303m a.s.l.