The Rock Station 99X » lightning strikes http://therockstation99x.com The Rock Station Thu, 20 Jun 2013 01:16:41 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 Watch Lightning Strike a Plane [VIDEO] http://therockstation99x.com/watch-lightning-strike-a-plane-video/ http://therockstation99x.com/watch-lightning-strike-a-plane-video/#comments Fri, 13 May 2011 21:00:16 +0000 Kayla Keys http://therockstation99x.com/?p=6284 Last weekend, an Emirates Airbus 380 was struck by a jagged bolt of lightning as it began its descent into London's Heathrow Airport. Luckily, none of the passengers aboard were harmed, and the plane made it safely to the ground.

Believe it or not, airplanes generally sustain a couple of lightning strikes per year, and are designed so that their bodies act as a conductor, allowing the lightning to pass through without causing any damage.

What made this particular lightning strike different was that it was caught on video. Read on to see this latest jolt from Mother Nature plus other crazy lighting attacks from the past.

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