Drone smashes into Boeing passenger plane during landing

[northernladuk]

Ground collision, are you serious!!!
Looking at the image it's obvious that was Superman who collided with the plane, he was drunk.

Nah. A slight nudge with something that weight moving forward is going to do a lot of damage, especially with hollow areas like noses.

Drunk superman.. Are you like 12 or something?

[WTFH]

Ground collision, are you serious!!!
Looking at the image it's obvious that was Superman who collided with the plane, he was drunk.

Very serious.
Look at the damage.
Based on the size of an aircraft nose, how big would an object need to be to make those perfectly horizontal scrapes spaced that far apart?
How fast was the object moving? If the plane was doing, let's say, 300km/h and it hit an object that weighed 50kg, guess what? The object might dent the plane but it would bounce off, not slide along it.
If, on the other hand, the plane was stationary and a galley truck/set of stairs drove into it, it would cause a dent and then a score along the side of the plane until the truck stopped (or toppled over).


If you doubt me, go to a supermarket and push a trolley up to the front wing of your car, then push it along the car.
Now for the other side of your car, drive the car at a trolley.


Examine the damage to the car.

[vwdan]

Very serious.
Look at the damage.
Based on the size of an aircraft nose, how big would an object need to be to make those perfectly horizontal scrapes spaced that far apart?
How fast was the object moving? If the plane was doing, let's say, 300km/h and it hit an object that weighed 50kg, guess what? The object might dent the plane but it would bounce off, not slide along it.
If, on the other hand, the plane was stationary and a galley truck/set of stairs drove into it, it would cause a dent and then a score along the side of the plane until the truck stopped (or toppled over).


If you doubt me, go to a supermarket and push a trolley up to the front wing of your car, then push it along the car.
Now for the other side of your car, drive the car at a trolley.


Examine the damage to the car.

You might care to investigate the damage a bird strike can do. No idea what the cause here was, but jumping to "cover-up" seems a little premature.

[SueEllen]

Interesting - linky

I was hoping one of our resident "actually working in engineering" engineers would explain it to us.

[Acme Thunderer]

It's been a side on impact from the starboard side. The starboard side has caved in and cracked the front of the radome. The fuselage aft of the radome isn't damaged either. So the plane was stationary or else whatever hit it would have left marks on the main body has it went down the side.

Also If it had been hit by a drone why are bits of the drone not embedded in the plane?

[vwdan]

It's been a side on impact from the starboard side. The starboard side has caved in and cracked the front of the radome. The fuselage aft of the radome isn't damaged either. So the plane was stationary or else whatever hit it would have left marks on the main body has it went down the side.

Also If it had been hit by a drone why are bits of the drone not embedded in the plane?

Oh good, forensics are here. I love Internet forums.

[SueEllen]

It's been a side on impact from the starboard side. The starboard side has caved in and cracked the front of the radome. The fuselage aft of the radome isn't damaged either. So the plane was stationary or else whatever hit it would have left marks on the main body has it went down the side.

Also If it had been hit by a drone why are bits of the drone not embedded in the plane?

Credentials?

[WTFH]

Credentials?

HND Mech Eng.

[SimonMac]

Be accurate. To think that rt.com is a source of reliable news requires you to already be stupid and blind.

Better or worse than Daily Mail though?

[NotAllThere]

Better or worse than Daily Mail though?

They have different biases and agendas. But in terms of trustworthiness, about the same.