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Lightning strikes over plane at Wolverhampton airport

This is the moment a bolt of lightning stuck just feet away from a plane as it was on a runway.

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The incredible image was captured on Saturday afternoon by photographer Paul Bunch, 43, who works part time at the Wolverhampton's Halfpenny Green airport control tower.

He said: "I couldn't believe when I got the picture, it really looks like the plane has been hit by the bolt, it is incredible.

"I saw a few flashes at first and then decided to get my camera out.

"This is the closest lightning bolt I have seen to a plane before, it really did look like it was going to be trouble for the pilot, but luckily it wasn't.

"For me, it was just a matter of being at the right place at the right time."

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