MOSCOW -- The plane that burst into flames while making an emergency landing at a Moscow airport, killing 41 of the 78 people on board, was without radio communications because of a lightning strike, ...
It happened just after 6:30 p.m. as Flight 1476 to Fort Lauderdale was set to take off. A spokesperson for Southwest Airlines told 10 Tampa Bay that a possible lightning strike hit the plane while it ...
Anyone who has flown through a storm knows that uneasy feeling when turbulence picks up and the sky begins to flash. For many travellers, the idea of lightning striking the aircraft is terrifying. But ...