JDiver

I read about that. Scary. But fortunately, aircraft are pretty safe even from lightning. Now they'll inspect and sort the aircraft, and do whatever repairs are necesssry, before they let it fly again.

My last lightning hit experience was ca 1958, LAX-MEX, on a Mexicana DC-6. That flight was a memorable mess, ultimately with an engine out over the sierra, and a second engine out on approach to MEX with only one pilot (the captain has taken ill and was removed to the aft lounge). I flew a lot more Western Airlines after that, until MX started flying Comet 4-Cs on the MEX-LAX route.