Helicopter-triggered lightning strike

Helicopter-triggered lightning strikes is when a "helicopter itself [... is a main reason for a] lightning strike [... or hit. Other reasons] are needed to create the right conditions for helicopter"-"triggered lightning, which has been observed in [... the] North Sea [... and] sea near Japan".[1]

These lightning strikes happen especially[2] when there is snow fall and the temperature is around 0 degrees celsius.

The phenomenon has been studied for several years (as of 2015).[1]

Sources

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  1. 1.0 1.1 "How North Sea helicopters cause lightning to strike". BBC News. 9 February 2015.
  2. [all helicopter traffic, to and from the North Sea, has been stopped]. All helikopter-trafikk til og fra Nordsjøen står (2 December 2021)

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