I am actually wondering how this happened.

[beaky]

this sounds about right...

http://www.aero-news.net/index.cfm?cont ... 80ef60d52b

[AMDDDA]

And we all knew this was coming too:

http://www.aero-news.net/index.cfm?Cont ... 283ddaf36&

[waspiflab]

Radar he loves that word.

[Willit Run]

And I was all set to blame this guy from the Twilight Zone movie!!

[machineman9]

Could it have been down to pressure? Not sure exactly how the radome as a structure works, but if it had been in higher altitude (which is lower pressure, right?) then it descended, as it did, then isnt there a chance that the pressure valve to let the pressure correct failed or otherwise didnt work. That would be just like what happens when you remove the air out of an empty bottle, it crushes up.

Just my 2 petty coins worth...

[727 driver]

exactly no blood or feathers..on the nose...correction the bumper

Blood-less birdstrike...

Might be ice block falling from another plane (like the DC-9 that lost an engine due to ice from the toilet filling point)

[expat]

exactly no blood or feathers..on the nose...correction the bumper

Blood-less birdstrike...

Might be ice block falling from another plane (like the DC-9 that lost an engine due to ice from the toilet filling point)

I deal with bird strikes all summer long at the airport I work at (we have a big problem). 99% of the time, the are no feathers or blood to be see. Generally and I have no idea why, you end up with a yellow and red flesh splat. The impact of a 60 + ton aircraft doing a couple of hundred miles an hour meeting a bird, either the bird remains whole and is wrapped around some part of the aircraft (gear etc) or it is splashed to the four winds by the impact.
This one looks like material failure to me, though the video is a little blurry to see all that clearly. I say that due to the ridge in the middle. If it was a bird (the aircraft was at 18000 feet, then it would have been something rather large like a buzzard or goose) then the dent would have been a lot smoother.
Matt