Originally Posted by
Slim11
I had a lightning strike in a 700 once. The strike was on the nose, went along the right side of the fuselage and exited at the lower, aft nav light. A maintenance guy showed us the path. It sounds like you may have seen it. I think the ship no. was 10079.
You are right. The lightning strikes I've seen create this kind of line, it might not be a straight line, maybe a little curve in it, but sure sounds like a lightning strike.