Passenger captures the heart-stopping moment lightning strikes plane's wing

By Samantha Stewart|

The heart-stopping moment a bolt of lightning struck a Ryanair aircraft has been caught on camera.

With their phone pressed to the plane's window, a passenger captured the violent strike of lightening on the aircraft's left wing shortly after take-off from Grenoble, France.

In the video above, fellow passengers can be heard panicking as the plane struggles through the intense turbulence.

The flight carried on through the disturbing weather as scheduled, and thankfully made it safely to Dublin.

Since the footage has gone viral, a spokesperson from Ryanair has addressed the incident.

"This flight from Grenoble to Dublin encountered a lightning strike shortly after departure from Grenoble, before continuing its flight and landing normally at Dublin airport."

Adding, "Ryanair engineers inspected the aircraft and cleared it to return to service."

Although lightening striking a plane is a scary concept, commercial aircrafts around the world are built to handle this type of weather, and often get struck by lightning at least once during a flight. 


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