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So your moseying along at FL30 when...
October 28, 2017, 12:18 PM
Sig2340So your moseying along at FL30 when...
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https://chicago.suntimes.com/ The Oklahoma City Thunder experienced a mid-flight scare.
The team was flying out of Minneapolis following Friday night's loss to the Timberwolves and was heading to Chicago when the plane apparently hit something with its nose at 30,000 feet.
Fortunately, nobody was hurt as they landed safely in the Windy City for Saturday's tilt against the Bulls, but the photos are jarring:
It's unknown what happened to the aircraft, so Steven Adams reached out to some prominent folks in the scientific community on Twitter:
Hey @NASA@neiltyson@BillNye
We had a rough flight to say the least.
30000 feet in the air.
Flying to chicago.
What caused this? pic.twitter.com/uEVrEm7noi
— Steven Adams (@RealStevenAdams) October 28, 2017
On another site I saw speculation it was a drone operator, but the people couldn't explain how to get a drone operator to FL30.
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October 28, 2017, 12:31 PM
Tailhook 84A fairly blunt object to not cause any marks or piercing in the middle of the radome. A balloon of some sort? That's not a lot of damage considering the normal speed at FL300.
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PatenWas it Iron Man drunk flying again?
October 28, 2017, 12:50 PM
BBMWWhat bird can flap it's way up to 30K'?
October 28, 2017, 12:51 PM
MikeNHET didn't make it home this time.
October 28, 2017, 12:56 PM
HerkdriverI have seen birds at 15K but 30? Might be possible but doesn't seem likely.
Note: flight levels are expressed as three digits, so your title should read FL300.
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GustoferIs there anything in that nose? I'm wondering if it just collapsed due to pressure or speed. I can't imagine there being anything up there at that level that would do that.
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October 28, 2017, 01:00 PM
barndg00I would bet something like a Sandhills Crane. They can fly very high, and are migrating now. One article I saw quoted them as being documented flying over Mt Everest at 28K.
October 28, 2017, 01:13 PM
bcereussI would take the 30,000 ft. altitude with a grain of salt.
Just saying...
Then again, it is an NBA player that...you know...runs and plays with a ball for a living.
October 28, 2017, 01:22 PM
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October 28, 2017, 01:35 PM
JJexpquote:
Originally posted by Herkdriver:
Note: flight levels are expressed as three digits, so your title should read FL300.
Maybe it was 3000 feet
My guess would be a weather balloon, provided there's no other damage.
October 28, 2017, 01:57 PM
nhtagmemberno evidence of blood or other animal stuff - hard to say it was a bird that that altitude...a lot lower then perhaps
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October 28, 2017, 02:05 PM
Sunset_VaSatellite debris?
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October 28, 2017, 02:23 PM
trapper189quote:
On another site I saw speculation it was a drone operator, but the people couldn't explain how to get a drone operator to FL30.
Maybe the drone operator was also a high speed low drag HALO type? Apparently the record altitude for altitude for a free fall is over 132,000 feet and it took over two hours for the guy that did it to get there. He was lifted by a weather balloon. It only took him 15 minutes to get back.
October 28, 2017, 02:45 PM
JJexpquote:
Originally posted by trapper189:
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On another site I saw speculation it was a drone operator, but the people couldn't explain how to get a drone operator to FL30.
Maybe the drone operator was also a high speed low drag HALO type? Apparently the record altitude for altitude for a free fall is over 132,000 feet and it took over two hours for the guy that did it to get there. He was lifted by a weather balloon. It only took him 15 minutes to get back.
That’d be Felix Baumgartner, who was replicating the original jump made by Joe Kittenger in the 60’s.
October 28, 2017, 03:35 PM
mbinkyI though "FL30" was going to refer to a state road in Florida...little confused when a pic of an airplane with its nose bashed in showed up...
October 28, 2017, 03:40 PM
jimmy123xIt doesn't look like an impact as the paint is all intact in the center. The only place it is peeled is where the metal really bent. I'd say either they hit a big piece of ice (like hale) or the metal was just weak in the nose cone.
October 28, 2017, 03:43 PM
Skull LeaderAre those nose cones metal or fiberglass/some other material?
October 28, 2017, 03:47 PM
sigmonkeyThere I was....
at Angels 30, standing on the aft cargo ramp of a C-17, ready to spill a tub full of boiling water out the back on a dare, when a Boeing 757 pops up through the cloud deck below and at that moment, the tie-down straps let loose, and away went that tub...
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sjtillquote:
at Angels 30, standing on the aft cargo ramp of a C-17, ready to spill a tub full of boiling water out the back on a dare, when a Boeing 757 pops up through the cloud deck below and at that moment, the tie-down straps let loose, and away went that tub...
A very monkulous fantasy. LOL!
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