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Old 04-23-2016, 04:49 PM   #1
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Remember the drone that hit a plane landing at Heathrow?

Apparently, it was not a drone.
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Old 04-24-2016, 05:22 AM   #2
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Remember the drone that hit a plane landing at Heathrow?

Apparently, it was not a drone.
Pilots are somewhat anxious about drones at the moment so I suppose an occasional false alarm is understandable.
There have been four reported incidents in the last few months which are detailed here: Aviation Safety Network.

A representative from BALPA was interviewed on the TV news a few days ago and he pointed out that whilst extensive research has been carried out on bird strikes, nobody knows what effect the ingestion of a battery into a jet engine could have. However, the words pretty disastrous spring to mind.

A bit of thread drift, but this video vividly illustrates the effect on a jet engine when a Heron was ingested.

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Old 04-24-2016, 12:11 PM   #3
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Now take that Heron and stick a lithium battery up it's ass.
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