As safe as they reasonably could be. In order to maintain air-worthiness, the FAA requires airplane owners to adhere to a very strict set of maintenance and repair regulations. In addition airplanes are designed to be able to withstand severe abuse way in excess of what they actually see on a typical flight.
Whereas cars and trucks are designed to be used and then discarded, aircraft are designed with ease of maintenance and reliability in mind. It is common to see a 20 or 30 year old car still running on the original engine, but an aircraft of that age would have had its engine overhauled or replaced several times simply as a regular part of its maintenance schedule.
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No. In fact, being under a large tree could pose danger from lightning.
A thunderstorm does not strike anything, it is "lightening" that does that.
The cumulus stage, in which the thunderstorm develops, the mature stage, in which the thunderstorm is most intense, and the dissipating stage, in which the thunderstorm declines and ends.
Essentially they are large faraday cages that divert the electrical charge.Cars are the safest place to be in a thunderstorm because In a car if lightning will hit you it will go to the rubber tires and go to the ground. That is why cars are the safest place to be in a thunderstorm. I wached it on a bill nye video.-Science static electricity
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No. In fact, being under a large tree could pose danger from lightning.
That's actually not a myth to my knowledge. The reasoning behind the advice is that the rubber from the tires of the car is non-conductive so lightning won't strike the car.
A thunderstorm does not strike anything, it is "lightening" that does that.
what do you mean??? safest to retrieve? safest to destroy? safest hiding place? safest to be near for a long period of time? safest what???
The cumulus stage, in which the thunderstorm develops, the mature stage, in which the thunderstorm is most intense, and the dissipating stage, in which the thunderstorm declines and ends.
safest walking non safe running
Yeah... The thunderstorm caused the power to go out. The thunderstorm startled the dog. The weatherman warned that a thunderstorm was on its way.
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