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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Travel
Benjamin Parker

Plane forced to land after being hit by lightning mid-flight

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An Air New Zealand plane was forced to return to the airport shortly after departure when it was struck by lightning.

After taking off from Auckland, passengers were in the air for around 90 minutes before heading back to where they started – instead of their final destination of Rarotonga, one of the Cook Islands, reports Stuff.co.nz.

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