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08th Nov 2015

VIDEO: Clare man flying into Dublin films terrifying bolts of lightning

Too close for comfort

Colm Boohig

Lightning and a commercial aircraft, never a good combination.

Unfortunately for Ennis man Padraig McGrath, he experienced that very pairing when flying home from his holiday and filmed what he saw.

Padraig explained to JOE what happened as he was flying from Abu Dhabi to Dublin:

”(We) hit this storm about 30 minutes outside Abu Dhabi. It just didn’t let up. The air hostess finally requested I close the shutter on the window.”

This is what he experienced.

Cheers to Padraig McGrath for sending this our way. If you have something you would like to share with us, send it to editorial@JOE.ie or hit us up on Facebook or Twitter.

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