Here’s another write up I saw scanned. I don’t know what airline, date or city pair for all you sensitive types so don’t ask.
“Turbulence event in climb between 7,000 and 23,000 ft, speed 280 knots with 40-50kt changes, flaps and gear retracted. Extreme precipitation and severe turbulence. No abnormalities notes.”
The technicians found this bird to have lightning damage which required re-skinning repairs.
Now I want to know your opinion about this case. Can this happen by chance? Can this be all of a strange sudden? Or is this a case where perhaps the crew was pouncing around without radar usage in an area soaked with thunderstorms and didn’t bother to identify any threats until their jet was in an UAS?