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Old Feb 19, 2019, 4:03 pm
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Originally Posted by dmac7273
...ever been on a plane struck by lightning?
Feb 1985, Delta L-1011 letting down into LAX ... big flash, big boom; all the cabin lights went out for maybe half a second, then flickered two or three or four times before coming back on ... captain came on the PA a minute or so later and confirmed it was indeed a lightning strike
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