- - Object strike at FL 262
(https://www.pprune.org/safety-crm-qa-emergency-response-planning/516449-object-strike-fl-262-a.html)
Dimitrii
25th June 2013 22:20
Couldn't be that thing. . .
It says right on it that it is Harmless.
pattern_is_full
26th June 2013 01:53
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.
lomapaseo
26th June 2013 03:13
The air loads are miniscule compared to object strikes and handling, including leaning on it.
I'm afraid that it had some help other just going poof in the night
