British Airways flight 5ft from disaster after near miss with drone at 10,000ft
The drone was flying 24 times over the legal limit height, report says
www.independent.co.uk
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Lindberg
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Oooo. Five feet from DISASTER! I sure as **** wouldn't fly on an airliner that could be downed by contact with a drone.
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RyanShort1
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Some drones are bigger than you might think. I wouldn't want to take a Matrice to the windshield of an airliner...
Lindberg
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Not would I, but even a Matrice only weighs about 20 lbs. And they have adsb.
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I would think any size drone except for maybe the really small ones hitting a plane from small GA to large commercial at the wrong spot could potentially end in disaster.
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That's an MQ-9, which is a fair bit bigger than a Predator; but your point remains, even the Pred is bigger than, say, a 172 (but smaller than a Caravan).
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Did someone say 172 sized drone?
Lindberg
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If we're going to point out that a military drone, which this wasn't, could take down an airliner then why not just point out that an actual 172 could take down an airliner?
Birds have taken down airliners, but we don't call every passing bird a near disaster.
Birds have taken down airliners, but we don't call every passing bird a near disaster.
It's all a matter of one's perspective. We could just as easily say that an airliner almost took down a drone (and I'd be amazed if the wake turbulence didn't).
Pinecone
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So I guess you don't fly on any airliners.
Remember, birds have taken down airliners.
Lindberg
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Not by merely getting close to or even hitting one.
RyanShort1
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Are you of the opinion that it was ok that the drone was there; or just playing devil’s advocate?
Lindberg
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There's a whole lot of space between saying the drone should have been there and the flight came five feet from disaster.
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birds plural. Has a single bird taken down an airliner? just curious
RyanShort1
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It sure seems like the first 737 Max crash may have been triggered by a birdstrike to the AOA indicator.
NTSB says bird strike likely caused deadly Ethiopian Airlines 737 MAX crash - UPI.com
A bird strike likely contributed to the deadly crash of Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302, the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board said Tuesday.
www.upi.com
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RyanShort1
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ANY strike to an airliner, sufficient to take it down or not, is a disaster, by definition.
Pinecone
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Hmm, Sully and the Hudson.
Pinecone
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Not an airliner, but other aircraft. Hit large bird. Bird comes though the windscreen. Bird hits pilot, seriously injuring the pilot.
Lindberg
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Not a bird, an entire flock of very large birds.
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Then again, there was that fish strike at Juneau.
Bird strikes can do some damage, but it’s the ALPA strikes that ground airliners.
RyanShort1
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I guess you misinterpreted my reply to include bird strikes.
There's a difference between a bird and a willful drone operator - by a very, very wide margin.
Even if a drone operator only causes $1000 in damage to the airliner, it's a disaster, because the drone operator WAS NOT supposed to be there.