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Originally Posted by ThomasMc
A Faraday cage works because it is grounded, the energy is diverted because it follows the cage to the ground. An airplane isn't grounded.
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I'm afraid that's not right. A Faraday cage works because the charge on a hollow conductor distributes itself around the outside of that conductor in such a way as to result in no net electric field within the conductor. No ground connection is required for this.
/JB