About a year ago we took a look at what happens when lightning strikes your car, so it seems appropriate to follow this up with a slightly more exciting example of eleventh grade physics in action. The principal behind one’s safety whether in a car or a plane are the same; in each case the outer shell of the vehicle becomes a hollow conductor, also known as a Faraday cage. Touch the outside and you will be well and truly fried, but inside you are safe as trousers. [Popular Science]

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