What object caused this much damage to Air China's

[theaviationwriter]

Here’s an interesting photo that been doing the rounds online, apparently taken after an Air China Boeing 757-200 was involved in a recent incident.

According to The Aviation Herald, the aircraft (registration B-2856) was performing flight CA-4307 from Chengdu to Guangzhou on 4th June 2013, when “a large bang was heard from the nose section of the aircraft and the aircraft performance worsened”.

The Boeing 757 was returned to Chengdu for safety reasons and post flight examinations confirmed that the aircraft collided with a foreign object… but what type of object would cause this much damage?

Photo is below - more details and photos here: http://www.theaviationwriter.com/2013/0 ... photo.html

[lumumba]

A bird?

[jan_olieslagers]

Always useful to get all available info before commenting

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A bird strike has been ruled out (due to lack of blood, feathers or other remains)

[cathay belgium]

Indeed Jan,

Wasn't ruled out but unlikely, Iron Man LOL...

CXB

[EBAW]

Superman on his way to China?

[Acid-drop]

A nice drone

[Desert Rat]

The main issue with a damage like this is not the radome itself but the fact that the air stream is disturbed and can pollute the Air speed indication due to the turmoils.

[stratofreighter]

Iiiiiyyaaa....

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/ne ... h-UFO.html

For a more factual account of this incident last week, see http://avherald.com/h?article=463508bb&opt=0

[cathay belgium]

Was already mentioned before, and we decided it was iron man
cxb

[regi]

No doubt about it that it was Iron Man. Proof: nothing has been heard about him since.

[Stij]

Naaaaaah... It was Chuck Norris!!!!

Cheers,

Stij

[cnc]

block of ice?

[hakan]

An angry Chinese pax......we know their reputations in Chinese Airports.

[regi]

An angry Chinese pax......we know their reputations in Chinese Airports.

hey, no racism here! We know that Chinese can spit, and do spit a lot. But I still have to see the first Chinese who can spit such a dent in a nose cone.