United Airlines Bird Strike Damages Nose on Approach to Denver [PHOTO]
United Airlines Flight 1475 after landing at Denver with radome damage (Boeing 737-900)
A United Airlines Boeing 737 jet struck a bird on approach to Denver International Airport this morning punching a hole in its nose.
United Airlines flight 1475, a Boeing 737-900 aircraft, took off from Dallas Ft. Worth International (DFW) at 8:38 AM CDT and landed at Denver at 9:09 AM CDT, where it was escorted to the gate at Concourse B.
There were 151 passengers on board but there were no injuries.
A spokesman said the bird residue recovered from the aircraft will be sent to Washington to be analyzed by experts from the Smithsonian, who will help identify the bird.
The bird strike happened about 25 miles outside of DIA’s property.
Category: Airnation
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Damn!!! That’s a huge hole!
Photo reçu d’une copine japonaise .
Collision en plein vol avec un oiseau avant l’atterrissage .
A bientôt bisous j-P
What type of bird was attacked on the aeroplane. Because we know I think everybody knows that. On certain type of bird if you heat or killed some birds they can take revenge. Same way saw on the movie.
Wait a minute. You’re saying birds will fly in to the plane on purpose?? Or am I missing the joke? :)
I am not joking.Birds won’t get into aircraft but birds can fly themselves. If anyone killed bird revenge type of bird can target the killer if those know killer is getting away then they try to heat.
Or another thing is birds challenging with aircraft. What the birds can do and what the aircraft can do.
bonjour voici l’avion en question
Oh PA-leeze, where do these people come from in here. Revenge, BALONEY
I’m just wondering at what altitude this happened? If the plane was 25 miles out from Denver, they should have been well above “bird territory” in my experience.
Flights from DFW to DEN are now 31 minutes!? (“…took off from Dallas Ft. Worth International (DFW) at 8:38 AM CDT and landed at Denver at 9:09 AM CDT…”).
Perhaps it supposed to be arrived at DEN at 9:09 AM *MDT*