It is a shocking experiment - and a warning for drone owners around the world to keep an eye on the weather. A new YouTube video reveals what happens when an ordinary consumer drone is hit by lighting - and it's not good news. Tom Scott from the hit YouTube channel Amazing Places and Things You Might Not Know visited the High Voltage Laboratory at the University of Manchester to sacrifice a quadcopter (or two). The experiment saw two DJI Phantom 3 drones gets hit with an electrical impulse of 1.4MV at the High Voltage Laboratory at the University of Manchester. 'The High Voltage Laboratory is a hotbed for high-voltage research, so when YouTuber Tom Scott decided to pay us a visit, we just couldn't resist carrying out some of our own electrifying tests,' the University said.

That's exactly what happened to 38-year-old Stéphanie Creignou, who unfortunately suffered injuries when the drone fell from the sky and crashed directly into her head. She's yet to get back to work, and as a result of her injuries, she was forced to cancel a vacation she had already planned with her husband. You can see it in the video footage captured by VTOL-X Drones, a professional drone provider that was, in an ironic turn of events, hired by event organizers to obtain aerial footage of the event. Drone operator Rosaire Turcotte is unsure of how he lost control of the drone or how the incident occurred. In an interview with VAT News, he attests that he has "zero explanation" and believes he "acted in the safest way possible."