[rightwingextremist1776]

Well...I doubt the lightning BS...When I was flying in KC-130s in the Marines we were struck twice....the second one put a hole in the radome the size of a fist....but I’m still here to talk about it. No, something other then a lightning strike brought this aircraft down.

[Wally_Kalbacken]

It's not often that I recommend something from Vanity Fair - but every once in a while they have some great stuff - and on flying, I have found William Langwiesche's writing to be about as good as it gets. He wrote in depth about the collision between a 737 and an Embraer Legacy 600 corporate jet that was on a shakedown flight prior to delivery in the U.S. It's a fascinating story, very depressing when you think of the sheer improbability of the accident. Does not reflect well on the Brazilian air traffic system - which is a branch of the military there.

http://www.vanityfair.com/magazine/2009/01/air_crash200901

 

[Red Dog #1]

A 130 is a lot different animal than an airbus. Mr. Lockheed's Herk can keep flying after loosing all electrical/hydraulic power. I'm certain the Airbus's systems are hardened and other wise engineered to make a lighting strike very survivable but at the end of the day it's a fly by wire, computer operated, data bus dependent aircraft.