Still imagery of plane being affected by the flash
"Fast" imagery of plane being affected by the flash.
Plane Being Affected by a Lightning Flash
The images below show an aircraft being affected by a lightning flash. To the authors knowledge, nobody on the plane was injured. It is unknown if the aircraft experienced any damage. According to the scientist who acquired this imagery, the airplane itself triggered the lightning discharge.
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Still imagery of plane being affected by the flash
"Fast" imagery of plane being affected by the flash.
"Slow" imagery of the plane being affected by the flash
Colorado Lightning Resource Center
and
Zen Kawasaki
Department of Electrical Engineering
Faculty of Engineering, Osaka University
Yamada-Oaka 2-1, Suita, Osaka 565-0871
JAPAN
Phone +81 6 6879 7690
FAX +81 6 6879 7724
e-mail zen@pwr.eng.osaka-u.ac.jp
http://lightning.pwr.eng.osaka-u.ac.jp/lrg/