I came across this video on YouTube, which has a lot of footage and goes into detail. The 787 pilot flew the plane into, or too near a thunderstorm, something that’s very forbidden in the aviation world because of lightning. Lightning struck the plane, causing the control surfaces on the wing to fail, which could’ve been catastrophic.

https://asn.flightsafety.org/wikibase/494678 the report for this incident.

After this I heard there have been other Japanese airliners being struck by lightning because the pilots, for unknown reasons, flew into thunderstorms.

Is flying into thunderstorms not forbidden in Japanese aviation law? I’m pretty sure if a US or European pilot did this, they’d get their license revoked.

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    Are you one of those trolls that spreads misinformation online about Japan

    If you are just stop

    I’ve researched the place because it’s in my list of countries I’d like to live in and most misinformation is from tourists misunderstanding stuff and / or causing trouble for the locals and online trolls

    Once you research Japan the misinformation goes away and you get a better understanding of the country and its people

    It’s also very odd that you’re going out of your way to target Japanese pilots when there has been many other videos online of planes from other countries being struck by lightning and pilots are trained to fly through thunderstorms in multiple countries

    https://youtu.be/aQYoMfaq6aQ

    This one was in Brazil where the plane was parked at the terminal

    https://youtu.be/YXH9S1ZVl3s

    This one is from a plane landing in Toucumen International Airport in panama City which I assume is in america because americans often don’t state the country online leading to confusion

    https://youtube.com/shorts/LnYKsQoi5g8

    This is from a plane leaving Richmond, B.C Canada

    https://youtube.com/shorts/c5mLjdoJ1h4

    This is in seattle, washington america

    https://youtube.com/shorts/T0-wmZuioXY

    This plane is landing in dallas, texas america

    What you also haven’t considered is that landing & take-off conditions are different for every airport and every area that has an airport has a seasonal average weather type