article_snippet.sent: Passengers of an Icelandair flight to Denver on Tuesday were left in a bit of shock after Passengers of an Icelandair flight to Denver on Tuesday was struck by lightning shortly after takeoff.
article_snippet.sent: A plane was struck by lightning shortly after takeoff during a flight from Reykjavik, Iceland, to Denver, Colorado on Tuesday .
article_snippet.sent: The Bunny Gang, said that the lightning 'shook A plane and it was bright'. '
article_snippet.sent: Lighting had struck the plane.
article_snippet.sent: I had never been in a plane that had been struck by lightning, so I was really startled.'
article_snippet.sent: Passengers on the plane said lightning struck shortly after takeoff .
article_snippet.sent: Aviation experts said that lightning strikes to commercial planes happen one to five times per year, according to 9News, and modern aircraft are equipped to handle lightning strikes to commercial planes.
article_snippet.sent: Metropolitan State University of Denver aviation professor Jeff Price said that lightning strikes that damage a plane, however, are rare. '
article_snippet.sent: A spokesman from Icelandair said: 'During departure from Keflavik International Airport the Boeing 757 aircraft used for Icelandair flight 671 was struck by lightning. '
article_snippet.sent: Lightning strikes are common and protocol was followed.
highlights_snippet.sent: Passengers said Flight was hit by lightning shortly after the plane took off .
  