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En student fra Washington state der filmede en tordenstorm i Seattle, fangede materiale af lyn der rammer to fly som de kommer nærmer lufthavnen.

Owen Craft, en student ved University of Washingto, sagde at han forsøgte at indfange lynnedslag på kamera, Onsdag aften i Universitets distriktet, da han endte med at optage to fly der blev ramt af lyn mens de gjorde klar til landing ved Seattle-Tacoma Internationale lufthavn.

"Jeg var forbløffet i øjeblikket og kunne ikke tro på hvad jeg så," Craft fortalte KOMO-TV. "Efter det andet fly blev ramt, vidste jeg at at jeg havde bevidnet noget spektakulært!"



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Med få ord, så handler denne artikel om lynnedslaget som set fra jorden og i kabinen. Og endeligt udtaler lufthavnspersonalet sig om at de er velforberedt, at de ingen alarmopkald havde fået fra flyene og at flyene i det hele taget er bygget til at modstå lyn.


The planes were later identified as Alaska Air Flight 515 from Orange County and Alaska Air Flight 731 from Houston.

Kim Dodge, a passenger on Flight 731, said she was looking out the window at the time of the strike.
"We were flying in and out of clouds, sunshine then darkness, sunshine then darkness," she said. "I was looking out the window when I saw this bright flash and this streak of lightning hit the top-middle of the right wing near the engine."

"I think it hit the wing because there was an immediate loud crack and the cabin was bright for that brief second," she said. "There was this loud gasp in the cabin after it happened. The people behind me were starting to worry if it was going to affect the landing. It didn't."
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Student Owen Craft then captures footage of a second plane being struck by lightning.

Airport officials said the passengers were never in danger, as jets are built to withstand lightning strikes.

"Airplanes themselves are prepared for this kind of stuff and have the mechanics to manage lightning strikes," Sea-Tac Airport spokesman Perry Cooper told ABC News. "We did not receive any reports of precautionary landing alerts from any pilots Wednesday night either."