The fact that a collision between an airplane and one or more birds may have fatal consequences, we know at least since the emergency landing ofa Boeing on the Hudson River in New York. Less dramatic was a similar accident for the Air Race champion Hannes Arch from Austria.
At the second station of the year's World Championships in San Diego crash Arch crashed with his Edge 540 in a pelican. Arch could continue his run. "It was an incredible noise," remembers the Pilot. No wonder,he hit the 20 kg heavy bird with around 370 km / h.
I had no chance of the plane on the correct line to hold and had to check if everything is fully functioning." The force of the collision ended up in a huge hole in the horizontal tail of the machine. "With the bird collision course, the race was lost. In the end, I am glad that nothing happened to me and I still finish the race admitted Arch. On 14 June, the race will continue in Windsor Ontario.
Source:www.kleinezeitung.at
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