R esearchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have made a new physics-based tool that can predict how ...

A new model predicts how lightning would sweep across any airplane, including those with experimental designs. The tool ...

Studies show that about 90 percent of the lightning strikes to aircraft are thought to be initiated by the presence of the aircraft itself. [Credit: iStock ] Question: A friend of mine was flying a ...

What steps can be taken to mitigate lightning strikes on future aircraft designs? This is what a recent study published in ...

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- "We have a report of an aircraft with a lightning strike. Approximately 10 miles out with 75 souls on board." Standing on the solid ground never felt so good. "As we were ...

The Aviation Herald reported that air traffic control was unable to hear the pilots as a result. The plane was taken out of service for inspection, the airline said. A Southwest Airlines plane was ...

MOSCOW -- The plane that burst into flames while making an emergency landing at a Moscow airport, killing 41 of the 78 people on board, was without radio communications because of a lightning strike, ...

A Southwest Airlines jetliner taxis down a runway for departure from Denver International Airport in Denver on Friday. (David Zalubowski / AP) A Southwest Airlines plane flying to Denver on Sunday was ...

SEATTLE — Social media posts are circulating online, showing a lightning bolt zap an airplane Monday night as it flew over Seattle’s South Lake Union neighborhood. Delta Air Lines said it is aware of ...

A viral video shows a dramatic moment when lightning struck the tail of a plane at São Paulo-Guarulhos Airport in Brazil. The aircraft was attached to a jet bridge at the time, and the footage ...