Every commercial jet flying today gets struck by lightning roughly once a year — a 200,000-ampere bolt courses through the fuselage and exits via the tail, and most passengers land at their destination never knowing it happened

Airliners encounter lightning routinely, but 200,000 amperes is an upper-end case and the exit point is not always the tail. Their protection is engineered, certified and inspected. The post Every commercial jet flying today gets struck by lightning roughly once a year — a 200,000-ampere bolt courses through the fuselage and exits via the tail, and most passengers land at their destination never knowing it happened appeared first on Space Daily .