Passengers on El Al flight LY386 from Milan to Tel Aviv early Wednesday morning probably never noticed, but the pilots were treated to one of aviation’s wildest light shows. As the Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner flew through the heart of Storm Byron’s ferocious electrical activity over central Israel, lightning bolts repeatedly struck the aircraft, turning the cockpit into a blinding tunnel of white-blue flashes.
The crew captured the surreal scene on video: every few seconds, the entire flight deck strobed with brilliant light as bolts danced across the windshield and fuselage. Despite the dramatic footage now circulating widely on social media, the flight continued normally and landed safely at Ben Gurion Airport.
