One of my favorite moments in any movie is in The Truman Show when Truman walks into the travel agency to try to fly away and there is a poster on the wall which has a picture of a plane being struck by lighting and a caption saying "It Could Happen To You." I've always always wanted a copy of that poster, but I've never seen one... Anyway according to Scientific American, it can happen to you, but it isn't too bad because of airplane design.