This browser does not support the Video element. UNITED KINGDOM - One of the world’s largest aircraft, the Airbus Beluga XL5, was hit by lightning while taking off from Hawarden Airport in Flintshire, ...

More than 70 aircraft are struck by lightning every day. If you happen to be flying when a strike occurs, chances are you won’t feel a thing, thanks to lightning protection measures that are embedded ...

What steps can be taken to mitigate lightning strikes on future aircraft designs? This is what a recent study published in IEEE Access hopes to address as a team of researchers investigated new ...

Two industry insiders have shattered common aviation fears, exposing the truth behind myths that keep nervous flyers awake ...