Slice an airliner hits unknown objectSuddenly it pops up during the flight and in the outer disk is a great breakaway. A passenger of Air Canada experienced this express. Now, it is determined what could have hit the plane. David Smith was traveling with his daughter from Charlottetown to Montreal last Friday (August 26). In the half of the approximately two-hour flight with a Bombardier Dash 8 of Air Canada Express was the Canadians suddenly awakened. He heard a loud crash. Smith picked up the aperture of the window next to his daughter out and looked out. «While I did this, I saw something, because what looked like a piece of ice. I'm not sure, it happened very quickly", so the man to the television and CBC broadcaster. Then a larger breakaway showed up in the outer disk. And the passenger heard two firecrackers. «I think it came from the propeller because it came with such a large force», so Smith to CBC. No further damageJazz aviation express conducted a flight for Air Canada, confirmed the broken window. Technicians had examined the plane and found no problems. The plane had been damaged at any Other point. To investigate the incident. The airline stressed it did not know what had led to the splintering of the window. Bird strike is highly unlikely as the cause. Though there are birds that fly at 6000 to 7000 meters elevation. But on the window, the Dash 8 of Air Canada express showed neither blood nor traces of spring. Possibly some ice could have formed somewhere on the aircraft, which has loosened during the flight. Or the plane was hit by so-called blue ice - expiring and frozen toilet fluid of a higher flying larger aircraft. |