Just thought I'd add my 2 cents. The investigation will determine the details of this accident, but it is rare for lightning to be the primary cause of an accident like this. Aircraft are designed to take lightning strikes (in air or on ground), and I have been hit by lightning myself while flying. Exciting, but not usually significantly dangerous.
Having said that, sometimes things don't work the way they are intended, so it certainly isn't impossible. As for losing power and losing all hydraulics, this should never happen to transport category aircraft. There are multiple redundant backup systems, including accumulators that store enough hydraulic pressure to get the plane stopped with a complete hydraulic failure--and even fly by wire aircraft such as the airbuses would still be designed that way.
We all know how unreliable the media is when it comes to hockey, and it is even worse with aviation. Thought I'd try to clear up a couple of erroneous bits of info there. But great job by the crew in getting everyone evacuated, and thank God no lives lost.
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