October 28, 2017 (rt.com)
• On October 28th, the Delta Airlines Boeing 757-200 plane carrying the Oklahoma City Thunder basketball team was struck by an unidentified flying object as the plane descended to a Chicago airport.
• The nose cone was badly dented (see photo).
• In a statement, Delta Airlines said “the plane likely came in contact with “a bird.”
• [Editors Note] If this was a bird, it was a big one. Where is the blood and feathers?
The Oklahoma City Thunder basketball team were caught up in a bizarre mid-air incident when their charter plane was struck by an as yet unidentified object on its way to Chicago, damaging the nose cone.
The collision occurred Saturday morning during the team’s flight to Chicago-Midway ahead of their game against the Chicago Bulls. Pictured after landing, the Delta Airlines Boeing 757-200’s nose was seen to be badly dented and scratched.
After disembarking, NBA stars Carmelo Anthony and Josh Huestis posted pictures of the damage to social media.
Baffled center Steven Adams even took to Twitter to ask NASA, television personality and engineer Bill Nye, and renowned astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson: “What caused this?”
In a statement to the Oklahoman, Delta Airlines moved to quash speculation by saying the plane likely came in contact with “a bird.”
“Delta flight #DL8935, operating from Minneapolis to Chicago-Midway as a charter flight for the Oklahoma City Thunder, likely encountered a bird while on descent into Chicago,” the statement read.
“The aircraft, a Boeing 757-200, landed safely without incident; customers have since deplaned and maintenance teams are evaluating. Safety is Delta’s top priority.”
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