Posted on 05/07/2015 6:03:12 AM PDT by ConservativeStatement
These incredible photos show the damage caused by a bird strike to a passenger plane.
The Turkish Airlines flight from Istanbul to Nevehir in Turkey was on approach to land when it was involved in a severe hit with a unlucky bird.
There were 125 passengers on board the Boeing 737-800, and there were not believed to be any injuries suffered on the landing on Tuesday.
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Several lawyers looked at that photo and wondered how much money a bird could have stashed away.
dead and unrecognizablel!
its aluminum tape... aka “speed tape”, fairly common on skin repairs.
True story, as heard on the “Late Late Show with Tom Snyder” 3/3/97
Scientists at NASA have developed a gun for the purpose of launching dead chickens. It is used to shoot a dead chicken at the windshield of airline jet, military jet, or the space shuttle, at that vehicle’s maximum traveling velocity. The idea being, that it would simulate the frequent incidents of collisions with airborne fowl, and therefore determine if the windshields are strong enough to endure high-speed bird strikes.
British engineers, upon hearing of the gun, were eager to test it on the windshields of their new high-speed trains. However, upon firing the gun, the engineers watched in shock as the chicken shattered the windshield, smashed through the control console, snapped the engineer’s backrest in two, and embedded itself into the back wall of the cabin.
Horrified and puzzled, the engineers sent NASA the results of the experiment, along with the designs of the windshield, and asked the NASA scientists for any suggestions.
The NASA scientists sent back a brief response: “Thaw the chicken.”
[Perhaps the story is fake - but accurate! - but it’s still amusing.]
I remember back around 1966 when the pilot of a B-52 had a buzzard come through the window. What a mess!
There have been bird strike reports above 37,000 ft.
20,000 is common for large migratory birds.
mass x velocity equals momentum, not force! Still, you made a good point.
m x v = p
m x a = F
But your basic idea is correct.
Ya beat me by a minute. Of course, I had to write two equations.
Back in the early 80s, an Idaho ANG RF-4C struck a tundra swan near Boise. Bird penetrated the wind screen and seriously injured the pilot. Fortunately, Air Force F-4s had flight controls in the backseat, allowing the WSO to land the aircraft. The pilot never flew again; injuries left him permanently grounded.
If I’m not mistaken, the aircraft struck the bird at 12,000 ft. A jet flying at 400kts (or more) hitting a 20-pound swan can do a lot of damage, even to something as rugged as a Phantom.
Thanks to you both for the correction. My last physics class occurred about forty six years ago and I should have done a little checking on Newton’s Second Law before hitting “Post”. Understand it but would still have flunked the quiz.
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