Originally Posted by
king surf
What you fail to realise Tourist is that the dense Lithium battery hitting the horizontal stabiliser at 300+ knots could have disastrous consequences.
Why, exactly, is the airliner flying at 300+kts on approach?
p.s. utter tosh. The risks are to the cockpit or engines. The stabiliser will be structurally fine.
I am well aware of the risks of birdstrikes, having killed my fair share including birds that have got through the metal of my aircraft on occasion. Peril of military low level messing around.
What I don't do is get all hysterical about it.
What has this event shown us?
We all knew it would happen. It is a simple consequence of the number of drones being flown by idiots.
The only new bit of info is that in at least this case it caused no damage.
This does not in any way prove that all drone strikes will cause no damage, but it certainly does not prove that any will.....