A plane was headed for Portland but diverted back to Chicago Sunday night after it was reportedly struck by lightning.

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 ...

It happened just after 6:30 p.m. as Flight 1476 to Fort Lauderdale was set to take off. A spokesperson for Southwest Airlines told 10 Tampa Bay that a possible lightning strike hit the plane while it ...

LONDON, England (WTVD) -- Video shows the moment a huge bolt of lightning hit a plane in England. You see a little white dot in the sky over London and then an ...

What really happens when lightning strikes a plane — and the clever features that reduce the risk of damage Over 7,000 US planes are struck by lighting every year. But chances of danger are low ...

Engineers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have developed a groundbreaking simulation tool that can predict lightning strikes on modern aircraft and wind turbines. This innovative ...

What steps can be taken to mitigate lightning strikes on future aircraft designs? This is what a recent study published in IEEE Access hopes to address as a team of researchers investigated new ...