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Speaking of lightning ... and apologies if this has been asked before. The Qatar/Airbus A350 dispute I think is not just about the paint job, but also the underlying 'faraday cage' of mesh designed I think to dissipate lightning strike.
If that's correct, what would be the consequences of a lightning strike with, say large sections of the mesh corrupted? Put another way, how much of the cage would have to be corrupted before something bad would happen if the plane was struck by lightning?
If that's correct, what would be the consequences of a lightning strike with, say large sections of the mesh corrupted? Put another way, how much of the cage would have to be corrupted before something bad would happen if the plane was struck by lightning?