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Old 26th June 2013 | 01:53
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pattern_is_full
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The radome probably just collapsed due internal structural failure.
Possible. When a dome undergoes an inversion under stress, as this radome did, the process is called "snap-through", and can produce a substantial "thump" even if there is no collision with a specific object, just failure under a continuous load (airstream.) The thump can easily give the impression of an actual impact.

Just making an engineering point - I have no opinion yet as to what happened here.
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