I flew out of Lubbock to DFW last April on an American Eagle plane. Climbing up, maybe around 20,000 feet, we were hit by lightning. It was obvious with the flash and instantaneous sound but no loss of power. It was a couple of minutes before the captain came on and said everything was o.k. and we would continue to DFW. I presume he spent the previous few minutes checking systems before making the announcement. I was very happy when were landed at DFW but I had to change planes immediately for Mississippi.
I guess it depends on where on the plane that lightning strikes as to what happens. Hopefully there are areas of the fuselage or wings that are designed specifically to a receive lightning strike, similar to those on buildings.
Glad the lightning didn’t damage the plane you were on. It must have freaked everyone out when it happened, especially the pilots.
I’ve seen videos of lightning striking planes and my hair stood up.
Like I said earlier, they do all they can to build planes to survive lightning strikes intact but nothing’s perfect. Everything has an Achilles Heel.