Originally Posted by
ACA321
... each airframe gets hit by lighting once a year. It's quite common- happened to me three times already.
Twice for me. One was a departing AA 727 on the ground at BNA and the other was a DL D8S in the air over Connecticut. The AA aircraft returned to the gate for inspection and if I recall correctly was dispatched with not too long a delay. The DL flight continued to ATL without further incident.