Those who insist that descending at high speed below 10,000 is a good idea, should have a rethink about the possible problems involved.
A really
big bird for example.
In 1986, was doing a turnaround at Khartoum in a TriStar, and noticed a B727 at the edge of the ramp, the radome missing.
The local engineer told me that they had a really nasty encounter with a buzzard...the winged kind, not the chief pilot type
At 340 KIAS, at 4000agl, the buzzard contacted the radome.
Thru it went...and thru the forward pressure bulkhead, broke the First Officers left leg, went thru the cockpit door (closed at the time), and ended up splattered all over the first class lounge.
Not a pretty sight.
