Originally Posted by
1wife2airlines
"It's not something that's widely heard about"
You won't hear much, widely or not, about us dumb shts, topping tstms back in that day, and getting shocked because most of us succeeded due to dumb luck.
I was thinking specifically of thunderstorm penetration, in which one intentionally flies back and forth through the cell. Atmospheric research. Aircraft engaged in that mission tend to experience an elevated number of lightning encounters.
Still, it can certainly happen to anyone near convective activity, or in an area conductive to electrical discharges (dusty atmosphere, etc).