'Honor Flight' full of veterans struck by lightning, lands safely

[mahatmakanejeeves]

So that's why I see Sun Country airplanes at Washington National Airport.

'Honor Flight' full of veterans struck by lightning, lands safely
David Oliver, USA TODAY Published 12:57 p.m. ET May 2, 2019

A Sun Country Airlines flight, carrying mostly veterans, landed safely after being struck by lightning while traveling from Peoria, Illinois, to Washington, D.C. on Monday.

The flight was courtesy of the "Honor Flight Network," a non-profit organization that aims to fly veterans to Washington, D.C. to see the memorials that recognize the service and sacrifices of veterans.

The plane landed safely at 9:27 a.m. ... "After landing, maintenance observed evidence of a lightning strike," Kirsten Wenker, a Sun Country spokesperson, told USA TODAY. "The aircraft was inspected and signed off by Boeing, and operated the return flight as planned later that night." ... There were 181 people on board, most of whom were veterans.



A Sun Country Airlines flight, carrying mostly veterans, was struck by lightning on a flight from Peoria, Illinois to Washington, D.C. on Monday and landed safely. (Photo: Jeremy Dwyer-Lindgren, special to USA TODAY)

"The lighting strike wasn’t much of anything," passenger Joshua Eaker, the son-in-law of East Peoria veteran David Dallinger told the Journal Star. "We didn’t even know the plane was hit until we started hearing about it from the news story."
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[samnsara]

1. this is like when i was on a cruise to Alaska.. We hit an ice burg! We didnt know until much later..

.....when the coast guard started circling us checking for oil leaks. Sometimes its best not to know what the hot dog is made of.