I am actually wondering how this happened.

[AMDDDA]

http://thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/0 ... s-nose/?hp


Just pushed it in, no weather conditions or anything  :o

[flyboy 28]

How the hell could a radome be described as a "bumper"?

This is why I don't get news from TV. These "experts" usually just are full of it.

[beaky]

That's bizarre... maybe that cone was defective, and it just collapsed from the force of the airflow. Heat damage, maybe... ?

Looks like it sort of wrapped itself around the radar dish... definitely does not look like a bird strike.

[beaky]

How the hell could a radome be described as a "bumper"?

This is why I don't get news from TV. These "experts" usually just are full of it.

I can't believe I'm sticking up for a TV reporter, but my take on that was that he was explaining how it will crumple the same way a plastic bumper guard does ("essentially a bumper"). At least he knew it housed the radar disch, LOL.
But of course impact protection is not why it's made of plastic or fiberglass- it's not structural, and it saves weight and replacement cost.

[Hagar]

How the hell could a radome be described as a "bumper"?

This is why I don't get news from TV. These "experts" usually just are full of it.

I can't believe I'm sticking up for a TV reporter, but my take on that was that he was explaining how it will crumple the same way a plastic bumper guard does ("essentially a bumper"). At least he knew it housed the radar disch, LOL.

That's how I saw it. I thought he explained it pretty well & attempted to put it in perspective. What I can't stand is the hysterical way these things are reported by the newsreaders.

But of course impact protection is not why it's made of plastic or fiberglass- it's not structural, and it saves weight and replacement cost.

More important, I don't think radar waves would pass through metal. It's possible the radome was defective. http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1981dayu.reptR....M

[DONTREADMYUSERNAME]

Atleast he didn't try to fry Boeing, NWA, the FAA, or anyone else for negligence or "Safety hazards"...  ::)

[beaky]

How the hell could a radome be described as a "bumper"?

This is why I don't get news from TV. These "experts" usually just are full of it.

I can't believe I'm sticking up for a TV reporter, but my take on that was that he was explaining how it will crumple the same way a plastic bumper guard does ("essentially a bumper"). At least he knew it housed the radar disch, LOL.

That's how I saw it. I thought he explained it pretty well & attempted to put it in perspective. What I can't stand is the hysterical way these things are reported by the newsreaders.

But of course impact protection is not why it's made of plastic or fiberglass- it's not structural, and it saves weight and replacement cost.

More important, I don't think radar waves would pass through metal. It's possible the radome was defective. http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1981dayu.reptR....M

Uh, yeah, an aluminum cover for a radar might not be a very good idea...

[AMDDDA]

Lead covers would work better of course  ;D.


Heavy + no chance of getting the signals intercepted... or sent out.

[C]

I'm with Doug and Sean - probably a fault in the material of the radome.

[DaveSims]

[quote]Atleast he didn't try to fry Boeing, NWA, the FAA, or anyone else for negligence or "Safety hazards"...

[a1]

Could it be some type of blunt force like hail? I have never seen that type of damage before.

[AMDDDA]

Could it be some type of blunt force like hail? I have never seen that type of damage before.

Said there was no abnormal weather.




Perhaps it has gone through extensive intense slowdowns during the flight, causing so much pressure that it caved in...

[beaky]

Maybe  a single, very large hailstone...

[AMDDDA]

Ouch, well, the largest hailstone is 7"


TAKE COVER!

[Ivan]

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)