Drone vs A320

[Donald]

http://avherald.com/h?article=4970605b&opt=0

Incident: British Airways A320 at London on Apr 17th 2016, drone impacts aircraft

By Simon Hradecky, created Sunday, Apr 17th 2016 18:43Z, last updated Sunday, Apr 17th 2016 18:43Z
A British Airways Airbus A320-200, registration G-EUYP performing flight BA-727 from Geneva (Switzerland) to London Heathrow,EN (UK) with 132 passengers and 5 crew, was on final approach to Heathrow's runway 27L when the crew reported a drone had impacted the aircraft. The A320 continued for a safe landing on runway 27L and taxied to the apron.

The airline reported the aircraft received minor damage, when an object impacted the nose section of the aircraft. The aircraft was fully examined and has already been cleared to depart for its next flight.

London Police reported an object believed to be a drone impacted the nose of the aircraft. No arrests have been made so far, the investigation is ongoing.

The occurrence aircraft was able to resume service 2 hours after landing.

[HiLo]

Must have been hard on the drone.

In all seriousness, drones are a huge problem for aviation right now. I can just imagine a terrorist group using a swarm of drones to cause an artificial Cactus 1549.

[Benwa]

They say it might have been a plastic bag.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/04 ... have-been/

[Nark]

So the honorable minister has flown a simulator into Heathrow, so he can speculate with authority.

Was there a DMI dent and released to service or not?