Originally Posted by
extreme P
Has a Boeing windscreen ever been penetrated by a bird?
I didn't think birds could fly that high but apparently some can all the way up to normal cruising altitude for a commercial jet.
See
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_o...flight_heights
Although personally I still feel this aircraft's age may have more to do with the sudden failure in question. I wonder if anyone has yet discovered the number of hours or cycles it had flown and/or any details of any previous accident damage repairs undertaken?