Yes, this image is very interesting.My guess that the reason for the two flashes is that lightning, I believe, moves from the ground to the clouds. In this case, maybe it was just happenstance that the aircraft was in the wrong place at the wrong time...
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here is some cool photography! http://www.crh.noaa.gov/pub/ltg/plane_japan.php why two flashes? r