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Albatross smashes one-metre wide hole in Japanese coastguard plane

  • 20-01-2012 5:29pm
    #1
    Run_to_da_hills
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    "A Japanese Coastguard patrol plane narrowly avoided mid-air disaster when it was hit by an albatross.
    The Bombardier DHC8-315 was flying 300 metres over the East China Sea when the bird smashed a one-metre wide hole in the aircraft.

    But despite the dead bird being lodged in the plane’s nose, the pilot was able to fly for another hour on to his destination in Ishigaki, near Taiwan.

    Nine crew members were on board the three-hour flight from Naha, on the Pacific Island of Okinawa. No one was injured".

    Is this section carbon fibre or aluminium? How would a Dreamliner hold out with such an impact?

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    http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/top-stories/2012/01/20/albatross-smashes-one-metre-wide-hole-in-japanese-coastguard-plane-in-mid-air-collision-115875-23709409/


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  • #2
    RadioRetro
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    Saw something like that decades ago as a kid when one of my Dad's charges (furren air force training a/c) was conked by a vulture. Made a mess of the nose but she still flew fine.


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