UNITED KINGDOM - One of the world’s largest aircraft, the Airbus Beluga XL5, was hit by lightning while taking off from Hawarden Airport in Flintshire, North Wales, on Tuesday. A dramatic ...

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The Airbus Beluga was hit while taking off from Hawarden Airport, Flintshire, at about 13:00 GMT on Tuesday. The whale-shaped jet, used to transport parts of other planes around the world ...

The Beluga 'Super-Transporters' had been the planes that transported large parts between Airbus sites, including taking wings from Airbus Broughton. But they have been phased out in recent years ...