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AA Boeing 787 damaged by lightning.
Aviation Maintenance shared a picture of the top fuselage of an American Airlines Dreamliner. The Boeing 787 experienced extensive damage to its composite fuselage crown when it was hit by lightning during flight. Summer is the season for thunderstorms, and sometimes lightning can strike an aircraft that is flying. However, a lightning strike on an aircraft is not dangerous, as aircraft are designed to withstand lightning strikes. (twitter.com) Más...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
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The Boeing 767 that hit Tower 1 was a stronger plane, it cut right through the building like a hot knife through butter. But a really weak plane was the Boeing B-25 bomber that hit the Empire State Building in 1945, it hit the building and fell to the street below like a sparrow.
There is an actual hole in the fuselage. At 35K feet would matter.
Many companies now offer engineered composite repair service from de-lam to structural part repairs.
Here is one example:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ADK-UDuUPzg
Here is one example:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ADK-UDuUPzg
Yes, a local hobby shop here in Mumbai is doing quick repairs for Air India, according to unreliable sources, not to be confused with reliable sources. They usually share the same offices.
The posts on topics such as this are interesting to me as I often wonder, "How'd they do that," when repairing aircraft that sustain damage of one kind or another. It's partly why I enjoy my Friday issue of FlightAware!