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Bird vs. plane: Huge hole ripped in Air Namibia air craft after midair collision
An Air Namibia flight experienced a “bird strike incident” on Thursday of last week, leaving the aircraft with significant damage. Images shared on Twitter by a passenger on the flight show a large hole ripped through the A319-100 aircraft’s underbody panels. With feathers hanging from the torn metal sheets, the surrounding outside panels are left covered in what appear to be smears of blood. (www.perthnow.com.au) Mais...
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Ya gotta love the last sentence in that article, "It is unclear what happened to the bird." Actually it is quite clear thank you very much Ms Burke (reporter).
I wonder what kind of bird it was. The biggest birds actually flying in the area WDH that I know are vultures, but could they cause this much damage?
Wolfgang, very possible. A pee-wit size bird collided with the inboard metal leading edge of the Baron I was getting airborne and it made a large dent - and that was only at 90 kts.. A vulture is a heavy bird (if it were a vulture) and it crashed into a fibre glass cover/fairing. Depending on the approach phase the approach speed would likely be in the order of 145 kts or even more.
Looks like it hit the radar dome. From there, maybe it did sort of a bank shot and hit the side of the cowling at an angle rather than straight on.
The first picture on the link is a Turkish Airlines plane that was hit earlier. The Air N. one is scary! That was a big, fast bird. That's a very weird angle for that much damage. Bet if that had been metal, instead of composite, he wouldn't have gone through.
oops, missed it was 2 incidents. Tried reading on a phone & slow link. Tiny fonts and aging eyeballs seldom mix.
That is close to one of the strongest parts of the plane as well. In my opinion there is no way a bird could have done that much damage to that plane. I think maybe a flock of birds could have but It seems funny the wing also look clean as well as the Engine Cowling.
