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London-bound Boeing Suffers Lightning Strike


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What: United Boeing 777-200 en route from San Francisco to London
Where: San Francisco
When: Apr 12th 2012
Who: 195 passengers aboard
Why: After taking off from San Francisco, the left side of the United Boeing 777 was struck by lightning. Passengers described the flash of light and the big bank. Oxygen masks deployed. No one was injured. Weather suspended other flights taking off from that airport until the storm blew through.

Pilots informed ATC, and dumped fuel before returning to land safely. The plane remained on the runway as officials inspected the aircraft. Passengers were put up in local hotels and scheduled to take an alternate flight Friday afternoon.

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