For the record, it was only one fledgling. Truly… how enormous was that fowl?
Flight TK2004 was endeavoring to land in Nevsehir, Turkey on May 5 when it was included in the episode. After finding, the site Flight-Report stunned numerous when it shared pictures of the harm endured by the enormous Boeing 737-800. The plane's nose cone was collapsed and blood could be seen on the flying machin
Again, one bird caused this massive damage. (Photo: Flight Report/ Twitter)
After
the strike, air traffic control instructed two other planes to perform a
go-around loop before landing, lest they also come in contact with an
oversized feathered friend.
Considering
the the fact that most planes are made out of aluminum, which can
withstand extraordinary pressures, it seems surprising that one small
animal could cause so much damage. But actually, the nose of the plane,
also referred to as the randome, is designed with incidents like this in
mind.
“The
damage of the nose area by bird hit is a common incident on civil
aeronautical operations,” a Turkish Airlines spokesperson revealed to Mail Online. “The radome area of a plane is constructed by soft materials [composite] to minimize the impact of such hits.”
