[ELI5] Why are planes struck by lightning occasionally, and why is it seemingly not a problem for them?
In: Physics
They’re struck by lightning cuz they fly through thunderstorms sometimes.
And they don’t have issues with it cuz they are designed with metal channels separate from the planes controls and sensitive parts that allow the lightning to just flow through the plane and out the other side.
Because lightning doesn’t “want” to hit the plane, lightning “wants” to hit the ground, it just takes the easiest path to the ground, which is sometime through a plane.
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