8/11/2005: Lightning strikes airliner (with animation link)

[Hemlock]

Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

A - Nothing, it happens all the time.
B - They probably didn't even notice it.
Notice the lightning didn't go through the plane, it traveled from the front to the back then jumped to the ground.

Although nothing would happen, they would notice. I can imagine the thunder would be rather loud (and somewhat frightening), considering how close they are to the lightning.