RAF A400 Birdstrike Spain

[dead_pan]

Originally Posted by N707ZS

Strange angle of entry or was there a duct somewhere to catch the bird, must have been a big one.

Given the dimple ahead of the main hole, it looks as though this wasn't the first point of impact. Maybe it rolled along the fuselage and thought "OK, here will do"?

Has the PPRuNe accident investigation board been convened to collate the FlightRadar data, ATC comms, structural plans of the Atlas, recipe options for the carcass etc etc?

[ShyTorque]

The bird was on the right. Shouldn’t they have given way to it?

[Green Flash]

They did remember to de-frost it first, right?

[hoss183]

Are they A400s fitted with a galley? 'Lunch just got delivered sir'

[esscee]

"Just a scratch" as John Cleese said many years ago.

[sittingstress]

Originally Posted by Green Flash

It was a deliberate attack, the aircraft was being Stork'd ....

I bet the engineers were not choughed.

[Chu Chu]

Originally Posted by dead_pan

Given the dimple ahead of the main hole, it looks as though this wasn't the first point of impact. Maybe it rolled along the fuselage and thought "OK, here will do"?

It seems odd to me for it to roll along like that and still be hitting the fuselage with much force. Presumably the normal airflow over the static ports is parallel to the skin.

On the other hand, the dimples forward of the hole look (at least to my uneducated eye) like they reflect closely spaced frames behind the skin. But no structure is visible through the hole itself. Maybe that has something to do with it.

[aeromech3]

Took a Marabou Stork to do that sort of damage, similar area, to a BAC1-11 over Kenya circa 1975, don't build them like that anymore.

[G-ARZG]

C'mon Ppruners, no Metars yet?

[Shackman]

From Beverley days - who was overtaking who? Or was the bird so surprised at overtaking it turned round for another look!

[BDAttitude]

Alors, fetchez le poulet!

[scarecrow450]

How's the bird. ?

[sycamore]

It was after the co-pilots lunch boxes......

[jmmoric]

Originally Posted by NutLoose

It must have been static when it entered

That was actually fun as hell

[cpt]

That's good the second world war bombers were not made of plastic ! )))))

[Dan Gerous]

I heard the ECM exploded when they fired off the Chiff Chaff.

[atakacs]

There was another one a month or so ago, also in Spain.. seems there are lots of large birds there, some with turboprops.

[Two's in]

Originally Posted by StopStart

No protrusions there, just static vents. Guess the impact just punctured the skin and then peeled it back....

You can see where it deforms the skin as it travels backwards, with obvious deflections around the frames. It might have just left a big gouge, but when it hit the static pressure assembly, it ripped that and the associated skin out. There was a lot more more simple skin to hit than electronic or air data gubbins, so that chicken was not having a good day.