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Has an airplane ever been hit by a meteorite?

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For instance, which probability is more relevant: the (minuscule) odds that Flight 800 was struck by a meteorite, or the odds that a meteorite would have struck any ... read more

Although this has been speculated as the cause of a few puzzling crashes, there are no confirmed cases of an airplane being hit by a meteorite in mid-air. read more

This means that the probability of an aircraft getting hit by a meteor is ~$2 \times 10^{-9}$ at any point of time. Assuming that each aircraft makes a 8 hour flight (again, being generous), the probability of that getting hit by a meteor is ~$10^{-6}$. read more

I know of one 'reported' Russian Aeroflot Tu-134 incident that claims to have been hit by a meteorite in 1976 while flying at 8,500 meters / 28,000 ft. The Captain was reported to have saying that the nose of the aircraft had a 7" hole just above the center of the cowling. read more

The Russian meteorite isn't the first to impact people. Ann Hodges is the only confirmed person in history to have been hit by a meteorite. read more

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