drpaxton Posted June 11, 2013 #1 Share Posted June 11, 2013 http://www.today.com/video/today/52165807#52165807 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simbi Laveau Posted June 11, 2013 #2 Share Posted June 11, 2013 http://www.today.com/video/today/52165807#52165807 Quisp ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simbi Laveau Posted June 11, 2013 #3 Share Posted June 11, 2013 As for the article ,this is from a few days ago . We debunked it as a bird strike . It's a bit odd,but other bird strikes dent in a similar fashion . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seeder Posted June 11, 2013 #4 Share Posted June 11, 2013 and for those who cant watch vids, heres the news story with pics. Considering the Chinese are going into mass drone production and testing, thats where my money is. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2339139/Was-bird-A-Plane-Or-UFO--Chinese-passenger-jet-hits-mysterious-object-26-000ft-lands-severely-dented-nose-cone.html 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seeder Posted June 11, 2013 #5 Share Posted June 11, 2013 Heres another drone and plane that nearly copped it Fury over near-miss between German drone and Afghan passenger jet http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/news/world/europe/article3781905.ece 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shrooma Posted June 11, 2013 #6 Share Posted June 11, 2013 and for those who cant watch vids, heres the news story with pics. . aaah, seeder. you must've known i'd come lurking around here sooner or later, thank you..... :-) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seeder Posted June 11, 2013 #7 Share Posted June 11, 2013 thinking about it more, they are so bloody lucky it didn't hit the windscreen... imagine the pilots being sucked out the windows and the plane heading for certain disaster? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farmer77 Posted June 11, 2013 #8 Share Posted June 11, 2013 As for the article ,this is from a few days ago . We debunked it as a bird strike . It's a bit odd,but other bird strikes dent in a similar fashion . A bird strike at 26k feet? Do birds fly that high? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farmer77 Posted June 11, 2013 #9 Share Posted June 11, 2013 A bird strike at 26k feet? Do birds fly that high? Maybe ...I think seeder is onto something with the drone http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2011/06/110610-highest-flying-birds-geese-himalaya-mountains-animals/ 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keithisco Posted June 11, 2013 #10 Share Posted June 11, 2013 Firstly: this is not a Bird Strike. There is no correlation between the (admittedly limited) photos of the damage and any recorded damage from a Bird Strike. My guess (and I am NOT on the Air Accident Team for this) is that the damage was caused by a solid impact with high mass and density (possibly 5/6 Kilograms). No indication from the report that the object was in motion which would allow for a higher mass / density composition. A solitary goose flying at this altitude is highly unlikely as they trend towards "formation" flying, and would certainly leave blood trails after impact. So we have a mystery, that due to lack of data cannot be discerned here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
highdesert50 Posted June 12, 2013 #11 Share Posted June 12, 2013 Not sure if we will ever have an answer to this event. I rather doubt the government will be forthcoming in regard to a drone striking a civilian aircraft. Thankfully, no one was injured. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keithisco Posted June 12, 2013 #12 Share Posted June 12, 2013 Heres another drone and plane that nearly copped it Fury over near-miss between German drone and Afghan passenger jet http://www.thetimes....icle3781905.ece Except the picture does not show a LUNA Drone!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seeder Posted June 12, 2013 #13 Share Posted June 12, 2013 (edited) Except the picture does not show a LUNA Drone!! well you need to hold the Times responsible for that then! So what do you say it shows? Now here we have a damaged come from HAIL source bottom of this page http://www.erh.noaa....Project/TSP.php and then at 12,000 feet, the next image was a bird impact. I expect it was a frozen turkey or something source http://avherald.com/h?article=45395ad3 Now this next one was a lightening damaged http://avherald.com/h?article=458c632e And the best story till last is... ANOTHER MYSTERY THING CAUSED A DENT!! Blurb: "Federal and airline officials are still trying to figure out what crumpled the nose cone of a Northwest Airlines Boeing 757 that landed safely Sunday in Tampa, Fla. One early theory has been ruled out: that the plane struck a bird. "At 18,000 feet, a bird would have to be wearing an oxygen mask," said Federal Aviation Administration spokeswoman Elizabeth Isham Cory in Chicago. Other possible causes include metal fatigue or a design failure, she said. The pilots reported hearing a bang and losing the radar in the aircraft's nose when the Detroit-to-Tampa flight was approaching Tampa's airport at 18,000 feet. But the cause remains unknown, and officials said the investigation could last several weeks. source http://www.airdisast....php?f=6&t=3378 Edited June 12, 2013 by seeder Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr.United_Nations Posted June 12, 2013 #14 Share Posted June 12, 2013 A bird strike at 26k feet? Do birds fly that high? Some travel at 20K for long distance journeys Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seeder Posted June 12, 2013 #15 Share Posted June 12, 2013 sorry guys and gals - I dont know how the pics posted above have vanished, .. when I go to edit it to put them back I can see them, when I post they're gone. but just click the source links if the images are not showing up !! Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReaperS_ParadoX Posted June 12, 2013 #16 Share Posted June 12, 2013 That must have been a big ass bird Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dummy2b Posted June 12, 2013 #17 Share Posted June 12, 2013 They threw a garbage can off the Space Station, 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paperdyer Posted June 12, 2013 #18 Share Posted June 12, 2013 If it's a bird - where's the blood splatter? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DONTEATUS Posted June 12, 2013 #19 Share Posted June 12, 2013 Most likely a Plasma,Like UFO,kinda event,Scary movie ,Whatsoever sorta thingy ! Or It could bee just our imagination Were only seeingthe dent because its been told its there ! YOu remember,You will see it when you Believe it ! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kikapo Posted June 12, 2013 #20 Share Posted June 12, 2013 idk, I've been in a 737 that hit a goose. It was the biggest, bloodiest mess I've ever witnessed and I hope to never see again. We didnt need to make any kind of emergency landing for that. Has anyone thought about the long range missile testing the Chinese have been attempting lately? I know that sounds crazy but who knows? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lava_Lady Posted June 12, 2013 #21 Share Posted June 12, 2013 Must have been scsry... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlyingAngel Posted June 12, 2013 #22 Share Posted June 12, 2013 Tornadoes threw a turtle/goat/ice/rocks/whatever into the sky, hit the plane. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sakari Posted June 12, 2013 #23 Share Posted June 12, 2013 Except the picture does not show a LUNA Drone!! Read the article....At least the first 3 sentences....Don't be so lazy and ignorant. The picture is FROM THE DRONE of the plane it almost hit......Of course you do not see it, the camera is on it..... It is humor smile......But the camera is on the drone, and in the article. Was my keyboard that I went out and threw in the air after reading a topic here....... 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spud the mackem Posted June 12, 2013 #24 Share Posted June 12, 2013 Official sources usually say "It was a weather balloon",or have they said it too often ?. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lava_Lady Posted June 12, 2013 #25 Share Posted June 12, 2013 Must have been scsry... damn phone.... scary. Official sources usually say "It was a weather balloon",or have they said it too often ?. That must have been some balloon! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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