article_snippet: RAF pilots have been banned from flying the new Lightning II fighter jets in a storm over fears the £100million plane could explode if struck by lightning.
article_snippet: Named ‘Lightning II’, it was even at risk of it namesake while on the ground with pilots told to move it under cover if less than 11 miles away from a storm.
article_snippet: RAF pilots have been banned from flying Lightning II fighter jets in a storm over fears it could explode .
article_snippet: SNP defence spokesman Angus Robertson, who brought up the safety issue in a series of parliamentary questions said: 'When the MoD named the aircraft Lightning I don't think the MoD expected that very thing would render the MoD totally useless.
highlights_snippet: The MoD has banned pilots flying £100m Lightning fighter jets in storms .
  
highlights_snippet: Move comes over fears lightning bolt could bring the stealth aircraft down .
  