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Impact of Lightning Strikes on Airport Facility and Ground Operations :Lightning strikes may wreak havoc on airports, causing minor to substantial destruction worth millions of dollars. This study focuses on incidents that occurred at United States airports between 1996 and 2020, including death, injury, infrastructure damage, worker compensation claims, and airline delays (1996-2020).
https://ojs.library.okstate.edu/osu/index.php/CARI/article/view/8533
Jun 28 · 11 days ago
Stuck — I just learned ... am learning ... that when a plane arrives at the airport, if there is a thunderstorm in progress, they can't actually open the door. My first thought was: why not? Lightning is fine as long as you are near something that will take the strike, usually a building with a lightning rod. And then I realized, oh. If there's a storm you really don't want to be near a large poorly grounded metal object, like a plane. So it totally makes sense that the ground staff have to...