If the plane was actually stuck and the lady was close to it it may have just scared the holy living %#@^ out of here causing a moment of erratic heartbeat until her pacemaker did its job.
Originally Posted by
pittpanther
What happens when your car (or perhaps in the future, your plane) is not made of metal? What if it's plastic, or carbon-fiber, or some other material that is not as conductive as aluminum?
I thought I read somewhere that composite skins would have some sort of conductive path in them to safely carry the current away from the pax onboard.
Didn't Howard Hughes build a wooden plane? What if that had gotten hit by lightning?
Yup. The Spruce Goose. If it were to be stuck I'd imagine the result would be a crash either from a structural failure from the exploding wood (ever seen a tree get hit?) or from fire caused by the strike.