CNN At This Hour With Berman and Michaela December 29, 2014 16:49:00
Lives. >> my goodness mary you've heard tough stuff. let's put a question to richard. a viewer writes in because we've been talking about the weather in these area these intense thunderstorms. could lightning have brought this plane down. richard? >> very unlikely. very unlikely. and the aircraft is designed with lightning receivers on board, conductors on board. i've been on a plane that's been hit by lightning a couple of times. what happens is you sometimes feel a jolt maybe a small smell on the aircraft but the lightning travels through the plane and out the back of it. yes it could short ...
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