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Lightning-zapped plane flies 3,000 miles with a hole in its nose - CNET
Technically Incorrect: An Icelandair flight is struck by lightning, but continues its journey from Iceland to Denver. The pilots had no idea of the damage.
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And that would've been when the trouble would've started.
Exactly, very ignorant on the part of the pilots to continue the course.
Couldn't it be that flying straight on ahead was what kept the nose together? I'm picturing a steep, banked turn and the gremlin from Nightmare at 20,000 Feet riding the nose, and whatever torsional stresses.
"There was no danger to the aircraft. The nose cone is simply a radome; a non-pressurized cover for the airplane's radar. If the radar continued to function normally (something the crew would definitely notice if it did not), then this becomes a non-issue."
This was in the comments section.....I'm no expert, so I can't judge.