Lightning Strike Destroys Piper Malibu Over France, Killing Two

A Piper Malibu Mirage was destroyed by a lightning strike while in cruise flight over France. The PA-46-350P, with U.S. registration of N9245D, "subsequently broke up" and crashed into terrain near Leguillac de Cercles, according to a brief report by the NTSB. The pilot and the single passenger were...

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