Salt Lake Telegram | 1940-03-26 | Page 1 | Lightning Hits Big Plane |

Type	issue
Date	1940-03-26
Paper	Salt Lake Telegram
Language	eng
City	Salt Lake City
County	Salt Lake
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Publisher	Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah
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Article Title	Lightning Hits Big Plane
Type	article
Date	1940-03-26
Paper	Salt Lake Telegram
Language	eng
City	Salt Lake City
County	Salt Lake
Page	1
OCR Text	Show Lightning Hits Big Plane BILLINGS, Mont., March 26 (UP) The right wing of a 21-passenger 21-passenger Northwest Airlines Douglas plane was damaged slightly slight-ly when it was struck by a bolt of lightning Just west ol Helena. Captain A. F. Olson, In charge of the flight, continued on to Billings, Bill-ings, where his 21 passengers were transferred to another east bound plane. None of the passengers showed sny alarm after the bolt struck Monday night, Olson said. No electrical elec-trical storm had been visible and the bolt apparently "came from nowhere," according to the pilot.
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