> Sylvia Else wrote in
> news:g9g4hn$fc8$2@aioe.org:
>

>> Nick O'Tyme wrote:

>>> "Snapper" y7mail.com.invalid> wrote in message
>>> news:cqgmb4d4cdpl15rfiieotd5a1lnn6gki3g@yarwho.com...

>>>> http://www.gadling.com/2008/08/25/video-of-747-struck-by-lightning/?i
>>>> cid=200100397x1208181273x1200492377
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Pretty impressive if it's not faked.
>>>>
>>>> (you can never tell, these days - I thought a B737 water ditching
>>>> was real til
>>>> it was pointed out on here that it wasn't ...)

>>> What would the effect have been had it been struck while still on the
>>> ground?

>> Makes me wonder whether an aircraft is attached to the airbridge by a
>> earth wire while at a gate.
>>
>> (I was going to use the term "grounded", but what with the media....)
>>
>> Sylvia.
>>

>
> No, they're not.