Originally Posted by
Frogbone
Just like a car, the plane is NOT grounded as it is sitting on inflated rubber tires ;-)
http://www.lightningsafety.com/nlsi_...le_strike.html
Rubber tires provide zero safety from lightning. After all, lightning has traveled for miles through the sky: four or five inches of rubber is no insulation whatsoever.
jfadoll if the passenger was close enough to the current running through the skin of the plan (ie dozing with her head against the side) could she be shocked?