"For Sweden" (rallybeetle)
01/06/2017 at 11:59 • Filed to: Planelopnik, Aviation, Drones
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"For Sweden" (rallybeetle)
01/06/2017 at 11:59 • Filed to: Planelopnik, Aviation, Drones | 0
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Image via avherald.com
!!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! reports that yesterday (5 January 2017), a Boeing 737 operated by LAM - Mozambique Airlines collided with a remotely piloted aircraft while on approach to Tete, Mozambique. The flight crew heard a loud bang and suspected a bird strike, but landed safely and normally.
I think this is the first confirmed case of a drone colliding with an airliner, but please let me know if it has happened in the past.
ttyymmnn
> For Sweden
01/06/2017 at 12:07 |
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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/04/17/drone-hits-british-airways-plane/
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For Sweden
> ttyymmnn
01/06/2017 at 12:07 |
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“derp”
-me
DrScientist
> For Sweden
01/06/2017 at 12:22 |
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a drone like the one i got my little cousin for christmas to take video of the neighborhood kids riding bikes from 30 ft up?
or a drone like the drones the cia uses to assasinate high value enemy targets?
TheTurbochargedSquirrel
> DrScientist
01/06/2017 at 12:37 |
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Hobby drone most likely. The professional operators are smart enough to stay out of congested airspace like an airport.
f86sabre
> For Sweden
01/06/2017 at 12:40 |
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Interesting. I wonder if they recovered bits and pieces and that is how they made the determination that it was a drone? I have seen birdstrikes that didn’t leave blood and guts.
user314
> DrScientist
01/06/2017 at 12:41 |
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An MQ-1/9 UCAV is roughly the same size as an F-16 (though considerably lighter). If one had collided with a 737, I doubt it would have landed in one piece.
facw
> user314
01/06/2017 at 13:54 |
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The one that gets me is the Global Hawk, which has a larger wingspan than a 757, though admittedly its wings are quite slender, and the fuselage is much smaller.
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user314
> facw
01/06/2017 at 14:25 |
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Yeah, even when there are people around, it’s tough to judge how big a Hawk really is, at least until you park it near another plane
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> ttyymmnn
01/07/2017 at 19:49 |
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I dont think it was confirmed. No damage and cleared to keep flying.
Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo
> For Sweden
01/07/2017 at 20:16 |
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I’m glad nobody was injured. I hope the drone was very expensive.
