There is a total of 22 known commercial aircraft that have been damaged by lightning! Out of the 22 incidents, 20 were fatal including 14 that lost control, 3 that had a fuel explosion and 3 that had a wing failure. The rest of the aircraft were damaged, but landed safely. The big culprits of attracting lightning and sustaining damage are the Lockheeds, Ilyushin 12 and Boeing 707. A list of damaged aircraft is below:
http://lightningsafety.com/nlsi_lls/avaition_losses.html
All modern aircraft are now designed to last through lightning strikes, but are always prone to the very unusual event of lightning not exiting through an aircraft properly (via the designed exit points). This can result in a mid-air emergency.
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