Lightning
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| 09/03/1929 | Mt. Taylor, New Mexico | Trans Con. Air Transport | Struck by lightning during a thunderstorm. |
| 07/28/1937 | Hal, Belgium | KLM Royal Dutch Airlines | Crashed into a potato field after possibly being struck by lightning. |
| 07/22/1938 | Stulpica, Romania | LOT | Struck by lightning. |
| 08/31/1940 | Lovettsville, Virginia | Penn Central AL | Disabled pilots by a severe lightning discharge in vicinity of plane. |
| 09/27/1946 | Rio Doce, Brazil | Panair do Brasil | Crashed into a mountainside after being possibly struck by lightning. |
| 05/13/1949 | Novosibirsk, Russia | Aeroflot | Crashed after penetrating a thunderstorm and lightning hit the cockpit. |
| 01/17/1951 | Civitavecchia, Italy | Alitalia | Lightning ignited mixture of air and fuel fumes in the fuel tank. |
| 09/07/1951 | Kazakh, Russia | Aeroflot | The aircraft crashed shortly after being struck by lightning. |
| 06/26/1959 | Varese, Italy | Trans World AL | Ignition of gasoline vapors emanating from the fuel tank vent pipes by static discharge. |
| 07/19/1961 | Azul, Brazil | Aerolineas Argentinas | Stuck by lightning and extreme turbulence. |
| 12/19/1962 | Warsaw, Poland | LOT | Stalled after being struck by lightning. |
| 08/12/1963 | Lyon, France | Air Inter | Possibility of a flash of lightning dazzling the crew and causing temporary blindness. |
| 12/08/1963 | Elkton, Maryland | Pan American AW | Lightning induced ignition of fuel tank vapors. |
| 04/18/1967 | Zarand, Iran | Iranian Air Force | Crashed after being struck by lightning. |
| 12/24/1971 | Puerto Inca, Peru | Lineas Aereas Nac. | Lightning caused a fire which led to the separation of the right wing. |
| 05/09/1976 | Madrid, Spain | Iran Air Force | Lightning caused an explosion in the No. 1 fuel tank which caused the left wing to fail. |
| 09/05/1980 | Montelimar, France | Kuwait Air Force | Struck by lightning. |
| 02/08/1988 | Mulheim, Germany | NFD | Struck by lightning and suffered a complete electrical failure. |
| 08/09/1995 | San Vincente, El Salvador | Aviateca | Possible damage to the aircraft's DME due to lightning. |
| 06/22/2000 | Shitai, China | Wuhan AL | Struck by lightning causing the plane to explode and crash. |
| 10/10/2001 | Off Valencia, Spain | Flightline | Electrical power was lost following a lightning strike. |
| 12/27/2002 | Anjouan, Comoros Islands | Ocean Airlines | Struck by lightning causing loss of artificial horizons and gyro compasses. |
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