TravelingPeanut

The weather conditions above Brisbane look less than friendly in the video. On the ground, the airport was experiencing delays and ramp closures.

http://www.perthnow.com.au/travel/tr...-1226792012774

ikvliegveel

didnt look at spectacular as i had pictured in my mind..
still happy everything went fine

duniawala

Wrong link from the home page.

HMPS

Vid shows lightening in the vicinity of the plane. How does on conclude it struck the plane?

mot29

Years ago I was on a KLM 767 that was struck by lightening as we were nearing approach to AMS. Loud noise inside the plane, bright light through the windows. A few minutes later, well probably seconds, but it seemed a long time, the captain announces that the plane was struck but that all is fine.

jeffreyt

Indeed, if the link is the plane mentioned by the OP, then its obvious this plane was not hit by lightning.

leonidas

Can't tell if it was a strike or just lightning in the background. Lame reporting! The reporter should have tried to get some info from Emirates.

ft101

Report wasn't too bad as it never claimed the plane was struck.

and the video was subtitled
This thread is just badly titled.

You want to go where?

Not just the thread was badly titled. The plane didn't dodge anything - it flew a perfectly straight course. Dodging requires changing direction.

ft101

I took it as in "dodge a bullet" so not literally dodging.

ScallyfaxDale

I was on a flight a few years ago LHR to BOM which was struck by lightning shortly after take-off during angry storms over West London - by coincidence I was seated near the the wing on the RHS of the plane and was looking out of the window as the wing was hit. Safe to say that a few vodka tonics were required before I calmed down (and it was a good couple of hours before I could close my eyes without seeing a big white line burned across my retinas).

Similar to the previous poster, after about ten minutes or so the captain announced that the plane had been hit, but that all was well and a full systems check had revealed no damage - further that it had happened "two or three times" in his career, with the only damage incurred coming on one occasion when the carpet in F was set on fire (ho ho ho).

When we landed in BOM the plane was parked away from the terminal close to a large maintenance hangar for a full checkover, which I think is a regulatory requirement following a strike. Pax were bussed away into the welcoming arms (ho ho ho again) of BOM arrivals...

N830MH

Yes, as you can see the video. The lightning did not strike the plane. They are very lucky that they didn't struck by lightning. No one got damage the plane. It is good thing to avoid by lightning.

Dave Noble

No one would have been hurt if the lightning had hit the aeroplane; no luck required since the fuselage is designed to protect against lightning strike

If not convinced that lightning hit the aeroplane in that example, http://abcnews.go.com/Travel/lightni...ry?id=13586763 with an example of an EK A380 being hit by lightning as it approached London