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To: U S Army EOD
They sometimes do.

Do you have an example?

113 posted on 06/22/2006 1:22:10 PM PDT by DJ MacWoW (If you think you know what's coming next....You don't know Jack.)
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To: DJ MacWoW

See 114.


122 posted on 06/22/2006 1:33:16 PM PDT by U S Army EOD
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To: DJ MacWoW; U S Army EOD
Do you have an example?

December 8,1963, PanAm Flight 214, Boeing 707. Flight from San Juan to Philadelphia. At 8:58 while in a holding pattern over Philadelphia the aircraft exploded and crashed. The investigation ruled that it was struck by lightning which ignited vapors in the reserve fuel tank.

Christmas eve, 1971, internal LANSA airlines flight in Peru, Lockheed Electra. Plane eploded and broke apart in mid-air after being hit by lightning.

June 22, 2000, internal Wuhan Airlines flight in China, Xian Yunshuji Y-7-100C. Struck by lightning over Shitai, China and explodes.

132 posted on 06/22/2006 1:42:48 PM PDT by Non-Sequitur
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