On December 8, 1963, Pan Am Flight 214 was holding over Maryland, waiting for a storm to clear before landing in Philadelphia. At 8:42 p.m., lightning struck the Boeing 707’s left wing, igniting fuel ...
This Monday, a Boeing 737-700 operated by Alaska Airlines caught an unlucky break on a flight to Sitka, Alaska, when it was struck by lightning during its final approach to the runway. Fortunately, ...
What steps can be taken to mitigate lightning strikes on future aircraft designs? This is what a recent study published in IEEE Access hopes to address as a team of researchers investigated new ...