British Airways plane struck by lightning at Brazil airport!
A British Airways plane A350-1041 was damaged due to lightning at Sao Paulo Airport in Brazil. A passenger recorded this incident on his mobile. On Friday, the plane in which the passenger was going to go home was struck by lightning. Due to this, many flights had to be cancelled.
A video of this incident has also surfaced in which it can be clearly seen that lightning is falling on the plane, while the plane was ready to take off at the gate. After inspection, the plane left for its destination with a delay of 6 hours.
Amazing video captures lightning striking a British Airways A350-1041 at Sao Paulo Guarulhos International Airport.
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Following an inspection the aircraft continued to its destination with a 6 hour delay.
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This video is becoming quite viral on social media. Passenger Bernhard War said that a terrible storm came which caused huge destruction. Due to this many flights had to be canceled, including his flight. War described this incident as very scary. All the passengers present at the airport were terrified after seeing this. War said that when we were looking out of the window, we could see that lightning was falling near the airfield, so I thought I could make a video of it from the plane. Then his luck favored him, because the lightning fell on the plane right in front of him.