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'et systems get mixed up underneath the jet stream _ systems get mixed up underneath the jet stream they develop, they deepen very rapidly and they are driven across— very rapidly and they are driven across the _ very rapidly and they are driven across the atlantic towards our shores — across the atlantic towards our shores. we saw that with storm deadly— shores. we saw that with storm deadly earlier this week and we are seeing _ deadly earlier this week and we are seeing it— deadly earlier this week and we are seeing it with storm eunice today. to win _ seeing it with storm eunice tod...

From lightning -- lightning strikes are not necessarily the reason that this accident happened. what you're really going to focus on is going to be probably the convective activity all around the airport. and what happens is with the terrain over here, you're going to look for down bursts, from the thunderstorms, microburst activity. lightning flashes that may have blinded the pilot. >> reporter: something that weiss says might have happened just seconds before impact. weiss and other pilots tell us, planes often get hit by lightning but not brought down by it. those incidents are common enoug...