GordonD Posted April 28, 2016 Share Posted April 28, 2016 (edited) The object which struck an Airbus on the approach to Heathrow on 17 April is no longer thought to have been a drone, the government says. <Removed - bad taste> But the question is - if it wasn't a drone, what was it? Edited April 28, 2016 by Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Knight Posted April 28, 2016 Share Posted April 28, 2016 A [big] bird strike? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F-32 Posted April 28, 2016 Share Posted April 28, 2016 A bird strike would've left some evidence......................like blood and guts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Fleming Posted April 28, 2016 Share Posted April 28, 2016 Helium balloon would be my guess Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris57 Posted April 28, 2016 Share Posted April 28, 2016 Don't forget:- they ARE out there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GordonD Posted April 28, 2016 Author Share Posted April 28, 2016 If the collision had been in December, the cause would have been obvious: 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glen Posted April 28, 2016 Share Posted April 28, 2016 Don't forget:- they ARE out there It's only a matter of time. ATC were warning of drone activity on the approach to Rwy 28 at Dublin yesterday. We then just missed the remains of a balloon at about 4000 ft on the way into Heathrow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kallisti Posted April 28, 2016 Share Posted April 28, 2016 That was exactly my response, if it wasn't a drone then WHAT WAS IT? My next question is, who decided it was a drone in the first place and on what evidence? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panzer Vor!!! Posted April 28, 2016 Share Posted April 28, 2016 Maybe the pilot banged his head Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duncan B Posted April 28, 2016 Share Posted April 28, 2016 That was exactly my response, if it wasn't a drone then WHAT WAS IT? My next question is, who decided it was a drone in the first place and on what evidence? In the news reports they stated that the Pilot reported it as a drone, he probably got a very brief visual of it but enough to see it wasn't a bird. Duncan B Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GordonD Posted April 28, 2016 Author Share Posted April 28, 2016 In the news reports they stated that the Pilot reported it as a drone, he probably got a very brief visual of it but enough to see it wasn't a bird. Duncan B So it wasn't a bird, it wasn't a drone... It must have been SUPERMAN!!!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panzer Vor!!! Posted April 28, 2016 Share Posted April 28, 2016 Danger mouse more likely 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whitestar12chris Posted April 28, 2016 Share Posted April 28, 2016 Pilot got confused it was a Drone, but of the insect kind (Bee). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan P Posted May 16, 2016 Share Posted May 16, 2016 Don't know if this has been updated, but we now think it was a carrier bag. Not a joke. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kallisti Posted May 16, 2016 Share Posted May 16, 2016 Can someone say "over-reaction"? Or is that unfair to the pilot? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Fleming Posted May 17, 2016 Share Posted May 17, 2016 Don't know if this has been updated, but we now think it was a carrier bag. Not a joke. Helium balloon wasn't far off! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan P Posted May 17, 2016 Share Posted May 17, 2016 Can someone say "over-reaction"? Or is that unfair to the pilot? We've all been made so paranoid about drones and lasers flying into LHR that it was possibly a reasonable assumption in the current climate. That said - it shouldn't have been blown all over the media before the facts were confirmed. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julien Posted May 21, 2016 Share Posted May 21, 2016 The media over blow something without facts, what ever next! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyot Posted May 23, 2016 Share Posted May 23, 2016 I hope that the pilot paid for picking up that bag,......every little helps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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