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[STORMREPORTS] Lightning Strikes Military Plane Twice

From: Jesse Ferrell (WeatherMatrix) (jesse{at}weathermatrix.net)
Date: Thu Aug 07 2003 - 20:09:55 EDT

"8/7/2003 - GANCI AIR BASE, Kyrgyzstan (AFPN) -- Twenty minutes before
landing, all systems were normal, the mission had gone flawlessly and the
crew of Shell 02was ready to complete another successful refueling flight
supporting Operation Enduring Freedom. But 10 minutes and two lightning
strikes later, the only thing resembling normalaboard the aircraft was the
poise of a well-coordinated aircrew.
...
The aircraft had been struck by lightning.
...
I knew we needed to descend immediately,Powers said.
...
With the lightning strike behind them, the crew regrouped as they neared
the bottom of the cloudbank. Seconds before punching through the thick
weather, the aircraft was struck by lightning for the second time in eight
minutes.
...
The aircraft sustained visible damage to the crew entrance hatch, which
looked like it had been hit with a 12-gauge shotgun slug, and a two-foot
section was blown off the top of the tail."

http://www.af.mil/stories/story.asp?storyID=123005375 

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