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Old 20th February 2006, 12:26 PM   #1
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4 Ryanair planes hit by lightning

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LONDON, England (AP) -- Lightning struck four planes operated by low-cost Irish airline Ryanair, the company said Monday.

Ryanair officials said lightning struck the planes as they descended to the northern coast of Spain on Sunday afternoon. Three of the planes landed in the city of Santander while another was forced to divert to Valladolid, near Madrid.

"I would say it is highly unusual for four planes to be struck by lightning in the same day," said Peter Sherrard, a spokesman for the airline.

Engineers inspected each of the aircraft in Santander and a flight to Frankfurt was cleared for departure after a six-hour delay. The two remaining flights -- one to Rome and the other to London -- were canceled.

"It was all a bit strange as no other airline seemed to have suffered from lightning strikes and later we were told there had been a technical fault," said Michael Harrington, 60, a passenger on one of the canceled flights bound for London.

Harrington said Ryanair officials told passengers that the delays were not caused by lightning strikes or by technical problems but by "operational problems at the company."

However, Ryanair said Monday the four planes were struck by lightning.

Last week, Ryanair announced it was offering millions of cheap tickets as it struck back against allegations in a television documentary that it has been lax in respecting air safety and security rules.

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Old 20th February 2006, 12:50 PM   #2
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Re: 4 Ryanair planes hit by lightning

Eeeeeek, I use ryanair alot. Lets hope it dont happen to me!

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Old 20th February 2006, 12:53 PM   #3
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Re: 4 Ryanair planes hit by lightning

*must resist urg to comment on low cost irish airline*
I never knew such things existed.....or for very long....

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Old 20th February 2006, 08:16 PM   #4
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Re: 4 Ryanair planes hit by lightning

Holy cow!

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Old 21st February 2006, 04:41 AM   #5
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o.0 wow... thats just freaky.. *shivers*

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Old 21st February 2006, 07:36 AM   #6
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Re: 4 Ryanair planes hit by lightning

Either someone upstairs is trying to send them a message, or it is impossible for 4 planes to be struck by lighting on the same day and there was something else going on...

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Old 21st February 2006, 09:18 AM   #7
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Could possibly by that the ryanair paint colours some how incourage lightning strikes.

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Old 21st February 2006, 09:22 AM   #8
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*goosebumps* thats scary. I hate traveling on airplanes.
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Re: 4 Ryanair planes hit by lightning

wonder what would be the myth busters explaination on that one?

hate planes but hate the alcan even more so there is only one way out of alaska for me and thats to flyyyyyyyyyyy........

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Mythbusters for the win!!!

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