I recently joined a tour of Sicily’s Mount Etna that was supposed to include a hike on the Italian volcano’s upper slope following a roughly 9,500-foot ascent in a 4×4 vehicle. Unfortunately for my ...

An Airbus A350 was struck by lightning while sitting on the runway in the midst of an intense storm in São Paulo on Friday. Passengers waiting to board the flight stood and watched as the enormous ...

Flying is usually not an enjoyable experience at the best of times, but it can be downright scary for some of us. Especially when worrying about potential hazards or spending too much time reading up ...

They captured lightning in a throttle. A man who was allegedly aboard Delta flight 1192 when it was struck by lightning claimed that all hell broke loose — and that even the pilot was “white as a ...

Flight NZ902 took off from Auckland Airport at 8:30 pm on Monday when it was struck 20 minutes into its journey to the capital of Papeete. Air New Zealand chief operating officer Alex Marren said the ...

Can a plane get hit by lightning while in the air? Kansas City got the answer firsthand on Tuesday, as an American Airlines plane had to make an emergency landing after reportedly being struck.

Airplanes are designed to withstand a lightning strike, but this one sounds like it was pretty bad. A Delta Air Lines flight that was scheduled to fly from Boston to Rome, Italy, had to turn back to ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. rbkomar via Getty Images I'm not an anxious flyer, but even I have to admit that the idea of a plane being struck by lightning mid ...

Flying through storms is fraught enough without a lightning strike to worry about I recently joined a tour of Sicily’s Mount Etna that was supposed to include a hike on the Italian volcano’s upper ...

I’m not an anxious flyer, but even I have to admit that the idea of a plane being struck by lightning mid-air terrifies me. Perhaps it shouldn’t – after all, the National Weather Service of America ...