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If anyone wonders what happens if a proper airplane tries to fly through a swarm of locust: http://avherald.com/h?article=4d1de8cc&opt=0 http://avherald.com/h?a
by pintxo 7y ago
If anyone wonders what happens if a proper airplane tries to fly through a swarm of locust: http://avherald.com/h?article=4d1de8cc&opt=0 http://avherald.com/h?article=4d1de8cc&opt=0
> The windscreen wipers were not able to clear the windshield anymore. The crew went around, climbed to 8500 feet, depressurized the aircraft, opened the cockpit side window and cleaned the windscreen by hand. The same happened on second approach to Dire Dawa. The crew again climbed to 8500 feet, cleaned the windscreen by hand again and diverted to Addis Ababa.
- mhandley 7y agoHN discussion is here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22073796 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22073796