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Clippers' charter plane got struck by lightning on their way to Denver on Feb. 25. The plane began to shake and rattle before a loud bang could be heard. It also dropped in altitude several times.

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The Los Angeles Clippers' charter plane got struck by lightning on their way to Denver on Feb. 25, according to Ohm Youngmisuk of ESPN.

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"The plane took off from the Los Angeles International Airport runway on a cloudy afternoon on Feb. 25, several players were napping when the Denver-bound flight took a sudden veer toward the left seconds into the air just above the Pacific Ocean.

"The Clippers' plane began to shake and rattle before a loud bang could be heard," Youngmisuk writes. "Some staffers saw a flash on the right side of the aircraft as the engine went eerily silent for a moment before roaring back to life and filling the cabin with thunderous revving."

The plane reportedly dropped in altitude several times and shrieks could be heard from passengers in what some staffers called one of the worst moments they've experienced on a flight.

"Us players, we're trying to nap away," guard Eric Gordon told ESPN. "Oh, everybody was up after that for sure."

Shortly after the Clippers landed safely in Colorado.

The team saw a mark that took some of the paint off the tail of the Delta Air Lines plane -- the result of a midair lightning strike.

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