Lightning strike damages airliner

JERUSALEM - Lightning burned a hole in the nose of an El Al jumbo jet carrying 270 passengers to New Delhi and Bangkok yesterday…

Tue Mar 26 1996 - 00:00

JERUSALEM - Lightning burned a hole in the nose of an El Al jumbo jet carrying 270 passengers to New Delhi and Bangkok yesterday, forcing the Israeli airliner to return to Tel Aviv.

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