Plane Struck By Lightning Video

[Matt Molnar]

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[myspace:2e2da]http://myspacetv.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=25663062[/myspace:2e2da]

[hiss srq]

Looks like a Virgin 744. Departing MCO? That is the guess I am going with at least.

[PhilDernerJr]

It has only 2 engines. I think it's a Virgin America A320.

Seemed to do well with the strike. What was that part of the light that stayed behind the plane though?

[Delta777LR]

That looks more like a 767 or 757. I diffenatly dont think its an A320 if you can see where the landing lights were located if you look carefully..

[Ari707]

I'm almost thiking it might be a FedEx airbus looking at it....

[Delta777LR]

I keep looking at the video over and over and I can see clearly that its most likely a 767. Just seconds after the lightning strike as the camera man zooms to the plane, you can see the landing lights near the slats and it diffently describes that it might be a 767, as the A300, A310 or A320 has the lights under the wings. It almost looks like it might be Qantas.. The tail kind of looks red

[Mateo]

The strobe single-blinks, so it's not an Airbus (which double flashes). I thought it was a Fedex DC-10

[Iberia A340-600]

Not sure where the video was filmed but it looks like a Qantas 767-300 to me.

[lijk604]

It has only 2 engines. I think it's a Virgin America A320.

Seemed to do well with the strike. What was that part of the light that stayed behind the plane though?


Phil that trailing light was most likely the static discharge from the aircraft. Those wicks on the wings are there for a reason, and this was it.

[hiss srq]

Accents sounded American.

[PhilDernerJr]

Closer look, I'd say FedEx DC-10.

[eric8669]

Not sure where the video was filmed but it looks like a Qantas 767-300 to me.

That what it looks like to me.

[PhilDernerJr]

Wow, Qantas it is! A quick search revealed it.

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[Delta777LR]

I had a strange feeling that it was Qantas the whole time!!