Well...this is new...a FISH strike on takeoff
03-05-2014, 05:45 AM
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03-05-2014, 10:58 AM
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It's a jungle out there...
"We've had frogs, turtles, snakes, even a cat once struck at high altitudes," says the Smithsonian's Carla Dove. Birds like hawks and herons will occasionally drop their quarry into oncoming planes.
STRANGE BUT TRUE- Large snarge: Why snakes and rabbits hit airplanes | The Hook - Charlottesville's weekly newspaper, news magazine
"We've had frogs, turtles, snakes, even a cat once struck at high altitudes," says the Smithsonian's Carla Dove. Birds like hawks and herons will occasionally drop their quarry into oncoming planes.
STRANGE BUT TRUE- Large snarge: Why snakes and rabbits hit airplanes | The Hook - Charlottesville's weekly newspaper, news magazine
03-05-2014, 06:58 PM
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Actually, not new. I first read of one of these some 10-15 years ago. Alaskan 737 on takeoff; crew sees a bald eagle crossing their path at rotation. He's carrying a large fish.
He sees them coming, and jettisons his external stores. Bounces off the FO's windscreen.
He sees them coming, and jettisons his external stores. Bounces off the FO's windscreen.
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