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Old 1st May 2011, 09:52
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Capt Claret

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A slightly smaller scale.

In '95 a DH8-100 hit an eagle, the bird passing through the wing-root to fuselage fairing and coming to a sudden stop when it hit the wing spar. The spar bent backwards and the top spar cap was cracked.

At the time, Bombardier didn't have a wing repair scheme but their gurus came to Broome from Canada and created one. Perhaps Airbus could do the same.
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