Lightning puts hole in wing of plane carrying Jeb Bush to Orlando
Associated Press
MIAMI BEACH, Fla. - Gov. Jeb Bush's plane was struck by lightning as it traveled from Tallahassee to Orlando on Thursday.
The strike put a hole in one of the Beechcraft King Air's wings, but none of the seven people onboard was injured, said Alia Faraj, a spokeswoman for the governor.
The twin-engine plane, which seats up to 10 people, landed safely in Orlando.
The governor and his staff then took another plane to Miami Beach, where Bush's schedule included a meeting with Manuel Angel Nunez Soto, the governor of the state of Hidalgo in Mexico.
Speaking at the Miami Beach convention center, Bush commented on the lightning strike.
"The weather's very bad between here and Tallahassee," he said. "We got hit by lightning and it put a hole in the wing, apparently, but we landed without incident."
Asked if he was scared, the governor said with a smile, "No, I wasn't scared. Alia, on the other hand, was frightened, paralyzed."
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