Jetliner vs Space Debris: Near Miss

[Article] Late night, March 27, an Airbus A340 traveling between Santiago, Chile and Auckland, New Zealand had a close encounter with a hail of flaming space debris.


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The pilot reported hearing the sonic boom as the debris passed overhead, and was reportedly shaken by the event. Independent sources calculated that with the speed of the aircraft and the position of the debris, a collision was avoided by a mere 40 or so seconds. It seems that the Pacific Ocean is a...
This article was published Saturday, 31 March, 2007 by AFP
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Jetliner vs Space Debris: Near Miss


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