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Unless they found pieces of bird or drone, I don't understand why there's speculation yet either way. At jet speeds, you don't need a man-made object to explai

by ken 8y ago

Unless they found pieces of bird or drone, I don't understand why there's speculation yet either way. At jet speeds, you don't need a man-made object to explain a huge hole. Here's an example of a bird strike in a 737: https://www.stuff.co.nz/travel/travel-troubles/97238940/massive-damage-to-boeing-737-after-bird-strikes https://www.stuff.co.nz/travel/travel-troubles/97238940/mass...

setquk 8y ago
Bloomberg are good at speculative reporting!
- ccostes 8y ago
  You can run so many more stories! (just need to make sure the prediction algorithm is good)
jessriedel 8y ago
There's speculation because bird strikes occur constantly (>13,000 reported to FAA in 2014) and they aren't newsworthy, but a hypothetical drone strike will light up social media. And Bloomberg has no journalistic integrity. https://aviation.stackexchange.com/questions/23420/how-many-bird-strikes-are-there-per-year-any-world-wide-statistics https://aviation.stackexchange.com/questions/23420/how-many-...
- sschueller 8y ago
  Maybe the drone had a Chinese spy chip in it...
amelius 8y ago
I wonder what is behind that damaged section of the plane. Passenger seats?
- chki 8y ago
  Do you mean this in an ironic way or in an actual "construction of a Boeing 737" way? Because while larger airplanes do have seats directly in the front of the plane (with the cockpit being on a higher floor) the Boeing 737 doesn't.
- 46Bit 8y ago
  That damaged section is called the nosecone; there's a weather radar behind it.
hirundo 8y ago
To be accurate: Boeing 737 Passenger Jet Damaged in Midair UFO Collision
- ddalex 8y ago
  Aliens are using drones now?! /s
wlll 8y ago
It could be that because they didn't find bits of bird it makes it more likely to be a drone. I'd expect (and I have no experience here so someone with more please say if this is wrong) there to be bits of gooey, squishy or sticky bird still stuck to the plane.
- sokoloff 8y ago
  I’ve had two bird strikes on piston-engine airplanes; your instinct that they leave recognizable bits is spot-on.
ryanmercer 8y ago
>Unless they found pieces of bird or drone, I don't understand why there's speculation yet either way. Clickbait. If it's being talked about here, that article has likely (or likely will be) shared all over social media.
TheSpiceIsLife 8y ago
The nose cone of passenger jets would have to be fairly thing / weak I guess? Because that's where the forward-looking radar is right? If a bird hit anywhere else on the plane the cross sectional area of the impact zone would be fairly small in comparison to the nose cone, and probably a fair bit stronger, so we could probably expect to see less damage on a wing or tail fin as at 700 odd kilometers per hour the bird would probably be cut in two by the leading edge of a wing or tail fin? I'm not aircraft engineer, though.

by ken 8y ago

setquk 8y ago

Bloomberg are good at speculative reporting!

ccostes 8y ago
You can run so many more stories! (just need to make sure the prediction algorithm is good)

jessriedel 8y ago

There's speculation because bird strikes occur constantly (>13,000 reported to FAA in 2014) and they aren't newsworthy, but a hypothetical drone strike will light up social media. And Bloomberg has no journalistic integrity. https://aviation.stackexchange.com/questions/23420/how-many-bird-strikes-are-there-per-year-any-world-wide-statistics https://aviation.stackexchange.com/questions/23420/how-many-...

sschueller 8y ago
Maybe the drone had a Chinese spy chip in it...

amelius 8y ago

I wonder what is behind that damaged section of the plane. Passenger seats?

chki 8y ago
Do you mean this in an ironic way or in an actual "construction of a Boeing 737" way? Because while larger airplanes do have seats directly in the front of the plane (with the cockpit being on a higher floor) the Boeing 737 doesn't.
46Bit 8y ago
That damaged section is called the nosecone; there's a weather radar behind it.

hirundo 8y ago

To be accurate: Boeing 737 Passenger Jet Damaged in Midair UFO Collision

ddalex 8y ago
Aliens are using drones now?! /s

wlll 8y ago

It could be that because they didn't find bits of bird it makes it more likely to be a drone. I'd expect (and I have no experience here so someone with more please say if this is wrong) there to be bits of gooey, squishy or sticky bird still stuck to the plane.

sokoloff 8y ago
I’ve had two bird strikes on piston-engine airplanes; your instinct that they leave recognizable bits is spot-on.

ryanmercer 8y ago

>Unless they found pieces of bird or drone, I don't understand why there's speculation yet either way. Clickbait. If it's being talked about here, that article has likely (or likely will be) shared all over social media.

TheSpiceIsLife 8y ago

The nose cone of passenger jets would have to be fairly thing / weak I guess? Because that's where the forward-looking radar is right? If a bird hit anywhere else on the plane the cross sectional area of the impact zone would be fairly small in comparison to the nose cone, and probably a fair bit stronger, so we could probably expect to see less damage on a wing or tail fin as at 700 odd kilometers per hour the bird would probably be cut in two by the leading edge of a wing or tail fin? I'm not aircraft engineer, though.