French president's jet turns back after it's hit by lightning French President Francois Hollande shakes hands with Paris' mayor Bertrand Delanoe during a ceremony at the city hall in Paris, France, May 15, 2012. Newly inaugurated French President Francois Hollande arrived in Berlin on Tuesday, but behind schedule for his first foreign policy engagement, after his plane was struck by lightening. Hollande was flying to Germany to meet Chancellor Angela Merkel, but his plane was forced to return to Paris after the jolt, a presidential source said. However, the Socialist head of state was unharmed and took off again in another plane, the source added. Hollande was greeted by an honor guard in Berlin prior to his meeting with Merkel, expected to be focused on Europe's debt crisis, The Associated Press reported. In rainy France, Hollande sworn in as president