Bird strike leaves MASSIVE hole in United Airlines jet as it lands at Denver air

[Skyfarmr]

This little headline link caught my eye when I was redirected to dailymail.uk in the Yahweh, The Two-Faced God article.

Here's a bit of highlight:

An unidentified bird smashed into a United Airlines Boeing 737 as it descended into Denver International Airport (DIA) Tuesday morning, leaving a giant gash in the nose of the aircraft.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2181872/Bird-strike-leaves-MASSIVE-hole-United-Airlines-jet-lands-Denver-airport.html#ixzz22JxKXAUd
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The plane’s pilots were aware of the bird strike and declared an emergency. They reported damage to the jet’s horizontal stabilizer and airs peed indicators, but it had no bearing on the landing, according to ABC7.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2181872/Bird-strike-leaves-MASSIVE-hole-United-Airlines-jet-lands-Denver-airport.html#ixzz22JxSEZ00

Seriously? can a bird do that kind of damage to a huge Boeing 737?


Just a note, the "Read more: link..." were auto inserted into my post... is this something new to redirect cut'n pasted articles to original news site?

 

[jhonny]

Seriously? can a bird do that kind of damage to a huge Boeing 737?

I don't think a bird can cause damage like this, furthermore, they won't tell us that there are many things falling from the sky!

 

[Lilou]

When I saw the photo, my first thought was "Seriously?". Then I scrolled down & saw your text Skyfarmer. It made me chuckle, thanks for that! Birds? Yeah right.

 

[MK Scarlett]

An "unidentified" bird... made me smile on this article.

But maybe it could be with a big bird as crane or stork:
_http://belforum.net/aeropics/3/0a18313fb875e35544ca8242c6854c01.jpg

Or it is something else, difficult to say without the unfortunate corpse of the bird pinned in the plane as above.

 

[NormaRegula]

Seriously? can a bird do that kind of damage to a huge Boeing 737?

I don't think a bird can cause damage like this, furthermore, they won't tell us that there are many things falling from the sky!

When I saw the photo, my first thought was "Seriously?". Then I scrolled down & saw your text Skyfarmer. It made me chuckle, thanks for that! Birds? Yeah right.

Yup. It's rather difficult to picture a bird doing this kind of damage unless, maybe, it was the size of an extinct Terradactyl. Even then, it's a big fat stretch.

It sounds like another feeble cover story from the PTB who don't want the public to suspect that something wicked this way comes.

Remember the Colorado fires that most probably were caused by meteorites that were witnessed that day? The explanation hinted at for the fires was that they may have been caused by those rascally, but oh-so-convenient Moooslim terrorists.

Looks like the PTB and their minions aren't very quick on the draw when things happen unexpectedly.

 

[The rabbit]

Yeps! Saw this story this morning in the daily fail and thought wow , could be what they say i suppose , speed , velocity and all that or it could be falling thingy from sky. Apparently going to send off dna samples to find out what kind of bird. Any way of finding out where they send such things and being able to keep an eye on this story i wonder.

 

[Vulcan59]

Difficult to be sure that it's not a birdstrike. Have a look at other birdstrike pictures here.

 

[Lilou]

Difficult to be sure that it's not a birdstrike. Have a look at other birdstrike pictures here.

After viewing the photos, it could be a bird. I never imagined the damage could be so extensive. Wow!

 

[Cosmos]

Difficult to be sure that it's not a birdstrike. Have a look at other birdstrike pictures here.

well judging from those pictures I would say it could certainly be a birdstrike

 

[NormaRegula]

Difficult to be sure that it's not a birdstrike. Have a look at other birdstrike pictures here.

After viewing the photos, it could be a bird. I never imagined the damage could be so extensive. Wow!

Same here! You learn something everyday.

 

[Search]

I also have the same reaction that it could be so, it is ridiculus. But after picter and little search in the web I understand that it can be.

here is site on Russian about birdsstrikes:
_http://www.armaviation.am/novosti/106-kak-aeroporti-rossii-zashishayutsa-ot-ptichei-ugrozy.html

It says that firs birdstrike into plane was in 1912 in California. In that event seagull that hit into the steering control cause thedeath of the driver and the plane.

here is some info in English:
_www.skybrary.aero/index.php/Bird_Strike

Bird strike
Description

A bird strike is strictly defined as a collision between a bird and an aircraft which is in flight or on a take off or landing roll. The term is usually expanded to cover other wildlife strikes - with bats or ground animals.

Bird Strike is common and can be a significant threat to aircraft safety. For smaller aircraft, significant damage may be caused to the aircraft structure and all aircraft, especially jet-engined ones, are vulnerable to the loss of thrust which can follow the ingestion of birds into engine air intakes, which has caused a number of fatal accidents.

Bird strikes may occur during any phase of flight but are most likely during the take-off, initial climb, approach and landing phases because of the greater numbers of birds in flight at lower levels. Since most birds fly mainly during the day, most bird srikes occur in daylight hours too.
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[loreta]

If it was a bird surely the bird was made in metal. ;) Or the airplane is made as butter. Do they really think that people are moron to believe this?

Always, almost always, when there is an aircraft accident they LIE.

 

[treesparrow]

I tend to think it's a bird strike. A large Canada goose of say 15 pounds in weight hitting the 'softer' parts an aircraft travelling at several hundred miles per hour would be capable of causing the type of damage shown in the picture I reckon.

 

[loreta]

I tend to think it's a bird strike. A large Canada goose of say 15 pounds in weight hitting the 'softer' parts an aircraft travelling at several hundred miles per hour would be capable of causing the type of damage shown in the picture I reckon.

Are you sure? A bird is made of flesh. How flesh can make a damage like this? I know that some birds can make an accident but a hole like this? Ok, maybe if the airplane is made of cardboard, plastic or thin aluminium. I don't think that an airplane is made of these 3 materials.

Is there an engineer here that can maybe give his point of vue about this? I am very curious. Because we will learn something! I like to learn. :)

Edit: change a verb tense.

 

[Niall]

I tend to think it's a bird strike. A large Canada goose of say 15 pounds in weight hitting the 'softer' parts an aircraft travelling at several hundred miles per hour would be capable of causing the type of damage shown in the picture I reckon.

Are you sure? A bird is made of flesh. How flesh can make a damage like this? I know that some birds can make an accident but a hole like this? Ok, maybe if the airplane is made of cardboard, plastic or thin aluminium. I don't think that an airplane is made of these 3 materials.

Is there an engineer here that can maybe give his point of vue about this? I am very curious. Because we will learn something! I like to learn. :)

Edit: change a verb tense.

loreta, check out the link provided by Vulcan59 in his earlier post.

Geez, the poor birds, what a way to go.

We should however keep our options open with stories like these because it's a fairly safe bet that not all such incidents are caused by birds. For example:

International Space Station damaged by meteor