what effect has lightening and thunders cause on aircrafts during flying?

Answer 1

Very little although planes are often struck by lightening. The airplane is not grounded so the lightening charge passes through without damage.

Answer 2

Most aircraft do have radar to help avoid storms, but lightning isn't always associated with what we might consider a storm on the ground. Also, an aircraft doesn't have to be that close to a storm to get hit, sometimes they can get hit over 20 miles away from a storm cell.

Damage is usually minimal. If yo have ever walked around and aircraft on the ground, many have these little things coming off the wings called static wicks to dissipate the static electricity. Sometimes the lightning will blow ones of these off and they have to be replaced. Other times the lightning will cause small holes in the aircraft's skin. Occasionally, the lightning may cause parts to become welded together.

Answer 3

Many off the above answers are partly correct. But the fact is lightening is a high threat to aircraft. This is why they have spent so much time and money trying to keep aircraft out of this normally sever weather. If a air craft takes a lightening strike it is required to have a inspection done prior to it's next flight.
Example Lightening hits the propeller but where did it exit.
the electrical energy passes through the engine causing pitting in the thrust bearing making the engine unserviceable until it has been repaired.
Not many lightening strikes have resulted in loss of an aircraft but they have caused millions in damages to both structural and electrical components

Answer 4

Not much. At the point of a direct strike there will be tiny pin holes in the skin, but nothing else. People inside the aircraft are protected by a principle of physics called a Faraday Cage. They are perfectly safe from the strike. NASA intentionally flew an F-106 into the path of lightning and over time the plane took something like 60 or 70 THOUSAND strikes without damage.

Answer 5

There are varying effects of lightning on an airplane, from nil effect to severe damage, and in rare cases, explosion in fuel tanks.
A lightning strike on an aircraft normally does not damage the airplane, although it may leave a burn mark. Its energy travels through the metal skin of the aircraft and sometimes within the aircraft, damaging electronic equipment. Only a few aircraft have received such damaged to cause a major problem with flying the plane. The aircraft skin usually dissipate the lightning energy sufficiently to prevent problems.

Answer 6

Just to correct "Engineer. Most times marks are found on the prop, its and exit point. I have seen the trailing edge of a prop have damage as big as a half dollar in size. I saw once a big brown spot where lighting hit a KIngAir, it rocked the airplane the exit points were the prop blade trailing edge tips, all control surface trailing inboard and outboard edges, also all Static wicks were in tact. that airplane had to have both engines and props torn down. When electricity goes through an airplane on a hard hit like that one was it magnetizes alot of the steel parts. I also saw an older Mooney that got hit all the steal structure was magnetized, that airplane was later scrapped. Saw a G1 that was hit and had tracks of burn marks down the side. also a Sabre 65 that had a large burn on the vertical above the rudder, we had to replace parts for.On Hawker 800's which I've worked on for the past 14 yrs, I have seen wing tips and tail caps with exit spots also saw one that was hit right in the radome, and tore the erosion cap. I'm just one person that has worked on airplanes for the past 22 yrs, but have seen all that plus some. But I will say I have yet to see one that crashed due to lighting, not that it hasn't happened.

Answer 7

jet airliners (big planes) fly above the clouds (30 000ft)
s they are rearly struck by lightening
if it is struck (take off or landing) the electricity goes trough
the skin of the airplane to static dischargers (they are located on the trailing edge fo wings and tail unit) and simply discharges in the atmosphere

there is no danger from lightening if it strikes the airplane
(well, in some weird, newer-seen-before situations anything is possible but...)

The small aircrafts (sport, touristic...) he story is the same.
as well as the military and any other aircraft

The airtrawell is wery safe. There is loads of regulations that must be obeyed. If it wos dangerous for an aircraft to be struck by lightning, agencies responsible for regulations (FAA, ICAO, JAR...) and the state (mynistry) would newer allow the planes to fly

Answer 8

If the aircraft is properly designed and built, it has a conductive skin on it and the lightning simply travel through that and does no harm.

However, if the aircraft is not conductive the lightning will burn right through, and this can cause damage.

Thunder is just noise, and has no effect on the aircraft.

Answer 9

The outer skin of the aeroplane are usually made up of aluminum or alloys of aluminum which act as great conductors of electric charge which is what an lighting is made up of.
The charges will allow the charges to flow through the skin of the flight and the charges dissipates into air.
There might be instances where small electronic instruments get burnt out due to sudden flow of charge but nothing very dangerous for the flight and its passengers.

Answer 10

properly each so often they're, yet in a lot of circumstances the pilot in a lot of circumstances knows the thanks to avert the cloud parts the position the airplane is probably to be hit. If a airplane is hit by technique of lightning the electronics will be knocked out for a lengthy time period, notwithstanding the engine will be nevertheless be operating because it really is gasoline powered. and inspite of if the engine ought to quit, a airplane can keep gliding for your time, and could no longer fall flat to the floor. Edit: CubicMoo: even notwithstanding the airplane body would not provide a short direction to the eartth, it does provide a marginally shorter (a lot less resistive) route than than the airplane's volume packed with air ought to. for this reason Planes are probably to get hit by technique of lightning in the course of unlucky situations.