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YOU WONT BELIEVE: Uk flight forced to turn around after lightning strike hits plane | Mind Blowing Facts

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A Loganair plane at London Southend airport - (Getty Images)

A Loganair flight departing from Manchester was forced to turn back after being struck by lightning mid-air.

Flight LM26 took off just after 4.30 pm on Thursday, on its way to Aberdeen, when it suddenly made a U-turn while flying above Skipton in North Yorkshire.

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