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> I think you're thinking of a meteorite hitting an airplane, which yes is probably extremely rare. Not as rare as you might think: for one airplane yes, but t
by nonfamous 8y ago
> I think you're thinking of a meteorite hitting an airplane, which yes is probably extremely rare.
Not as rare as you might think: for one airplane yes, but there are many planes and many meteorites. There’s a 5% chance a plane, somewhere, gets hit in the next 20 years: http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2009/06/04/did-a-meteor-bring-down-air-france-447/ http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2009/06/04/...