Drone impact ruled out as cause of incident with damaged jetliner
An Aeromexico airliner said to have been hit by a drone last December was actually damaged when a poorly done repair on the plane caused its nose to collapse and crack as it prepared to land. An examination of the Boeing 737-800’s crimped nose cone by the company’s forensic experts ruled out a collision with a drone or any other object, including birds, according to a report it submitted to the NTSB earlier this month. Local media reports said the jetliner hit a drone as it neared Tijuana, Mexico, for a landing Dec 12. The plane’s radome was shown in photos with its front-left side caved in and cracked in multiple places. The initial story created a stir because it would have been the first time a small consumer drone was implicated in a collision with a large jet. <br/>
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Drone impact ruled out as cause of incident with damaged jetliner
An Aeromexico airliner said to have been hit by a drone last December was actually damaged when a poorly done repair on the plane caused its nose to collapse and crack as it prepared to land. An examination of the Boeing 737-800’s crimped nose cone by the company’s forensic experts ruled out a collision with a drone or any other object, including birds, according to a report it submitted to the NTSB earlier this month. Local media reports said the jetliner hit a drone as it neared Tijuana, Mexico, for a landing Dec 12. The plane’s radome was shown in photos with its front-left side caved in and cracked in multiple places. The initial story created a stir because it would have been the first time a small consumer drone was implicated in a collision with a large jet. <br/>
