Drone hit on Airliner

[BillP]

[Steve Fitton]

fake....

[JoeJust]

Thi one has ben around for a ling time and is BUNK!
Joe

[Steve Helmick]

It apparently got the FAA's attention, however.  Steve

[Ken Burdick]

just below the google report, Fake

A shocking video showing a drone clipping the wing of a Southwest plane is what a flyer's nightmares are made of.

But this video is fake. The footage was widely shared after it was posted to YouTube on Tuesday. People claiming to have recorded the video when leaving JFK airport in New York also copied the footage and uploaded it as their own.

[BillP]

Yep, I found a comment where someone freeze framed the video and they said parts came off the plane prior to the drone hitting.

[Target]

People claiming to have recorded the video when leaving JFK airport in New York also copied the footage and uploaded it as their own.

IMO, those people should be investigated/charged with some form of fraud. They are not helping us, and they are not amusing.
Regards,
Chris

[Wynn Robins]

fake ?  really ? 
what led you all to that conclusion?  the fact that they show you how they created the video at the end of it?   

[jim gilmore]

Looking at that video if that drone was real how large a drone would you say it was.
if it hit taht vert stab on the tip of the wing are we talking a part that while 60-80 ft from the camera the aircraft part looks to be about 4 feet high and 20-30 inches at the base at least. So that drone is how big ?

[Paul Wood]

My criteria for determining a fake..."If it's not on the TV news, it's fake." Those guys don't miss anything!

[john e. holliday]

You got to be kidding.

[Gordon Van Tighem]

http://www.iflscience.com/technology/are-drones-really-dangerous-airplanes

[Andrew Tinsley]

Well that incident was fake. However there was a drone strike on an Airbus landing at London Heathrow. So it HAS finally happened.

Andrew.

[pmackenzie]

Well that incident was fake. However there was a drone strike on an Airbus landing at London Heathrow. So it HAS finally happened.

Andrew.

Perhaps not.
They now think he hit a plastic bag.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/04/21/drone-believed-to-have-hit-british-airways-flight-may-have-been/

Since there was zero damage to the aircraft that seems far more probable.

[Target]

We really need to start registration on plastic bags.
Operators need to be held accountable.

[Jim Kraft]

And party balloons. I was flying a pipeline with our pipeline flyer one day when we passed something flashing in the sky. We went back to see what it was and it was one of those aluminized party balloons. If you are going to have a birthday party, you must register all balloons with the FAA. What if one should get away and attack an airliner.

Can you still play golf? How high can you hit a golf ball and still be in compliance unless of course the ball is registered. Are they going to register birds? We might as well have a little fun with this sad state of affairs. Trying to deal with government agencies is like trying to push a log chain. It is like going around the world. You will end up back where you started no matter what.

Maybe we can have veterans of model aviation where we all meet once a year and cry in our beer, and talk about the good old days when freedom was still alive and well.

When ever people complain about someone else and their activity to the government, you have just cut your own throat. They will come after your activity next. The lawyers love it though.

The trouble with most of us is we are to old and do remember freedom. It is a slow death that started 100 years ago, and there is no way to back it up. It can only move forward. It is called progressiveness. Only the elite understand it.

[Jim Oliver]

Jim,

As crazy as it sounds, when I was playing corporate pilot I once saw a mylar party balloon at 16,000 ft......

Jim

[Target]

Don't get me started on Mylar balloons. I work offshore, and you guys have no idea how many I see every day off the coast of California. I believe they mostly come from cruise ships. I'm not really a tree hugger, but in my opinion, the balloons on cruise ships should be made of biodegradable materials.
Mylar lasts decades in the water....
I've also launched latex weather balloons (6' diameter) from my boat for the navy weather guys. Those go up 80,000 ft they say before popping. They sometimes have 6" aluminum spheres dangling below them, over 100' on "kite string".
When I asked about the impact to a jet engine, they said that because the string was 42# breaking strength, it was legal. Of course I then asked what the breaking strength and impact of the metal sphere would be to a jet engine...
I'm considered somewhat of a trouble maker at work. I'm not sure why though. :-p