Lightning hitting airplanes is commonplace and, though lightning has downed several commercial aircraft, it rarely leads to catastrophe thanks to modern protection systems. Each commercial airplane is ...

While the possibility of an aircraft being struck by lightning is rare and does not present a threat to flight crews or pilots, aircraft manufacturers are looking to improve their current level of ...

Aircraft Lightning Protection Market size valued at USD 3.09 billion in 2019 and will grow at a CAGR of 3.1% from 2020 to 2026. Favorable trends associated with the tourism sector will propel the ...

DAVID LEVIN: You're listening to a NOVA podcast. I'm David Levin. In June 2009, Air France Flight 447 plunged into the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Brazil, taking all 228 lives aboard. The plane's ...

New York, July 21, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Reportlinker.com announces the release of the report "Aircraft Lightning Protection Market Report 2023-2033" - https://www ...

A new laboratory has opened that will study the impact of lightning strikes on airplanes, particularly new aircraft that are made up of carbon composite materials. The $2.5 million Morgan-Botti ...

BILOXI, Mississippi (WKRG) — A news crew from WKRG in Mobile, AL was with hurricane hunters flying into Hurricane Irma Saturday morning when a lightning strike hit the plane. They were in the air when ...

Vol. 100, No. 8, ANGLE of APPROACH: ACTIVATE's Strategies for Airborne Cloud and Aerosol Study (August 2019), pp. 1443-1452 (10 pages) Did you know that aircraft can cause lightning? Researchers began ...

A Friday morning Hurricane Hunter mission over the Gulf of Mexico to survey Tropical Depression 22 was cut short after lightning struck the aircraft. It happened somewhere over the Gulf of Mexico as ...

While Nimitz– and Ford-class aircraft carriers are the largest warships ever built, a Lightning Carrier can be comprised of a Wasp-class LHD assault ship, transporting twenty-six F-35Bs. This number ...

Finland may not be the first country that comes to mind when you think of an Air Force, but it is nonetheless expanding with ...

The three Royal Navy F-35Bs will be put through an extensive inspection of airframe and substructure for any corrosive damage, following which those parts ...