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France: two planes struck by lightning forced to come back

Paris, France - One of the pilots would be blinded from the flash of lightning

Yesterday two airplanes, one from the Dutch carrier KLM and the other from the flag airline Air France, taken off from Nice-Cote D'Azur, were struck by lightning and forced to change their course. Two aircraft have come back soon after being left and made landing in the same air station from which they were taken off little before. Airplanes seems have suffered no damages but in next hours will undergo...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 107295
Rome, Italy, 11/10/2004 18:10
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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