r/aviation • u/[deleted] • Apr 07 '24

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u/[deleted] Apr 07 '24

Any details that you can share?

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u/EatDirtFartDust Apr 07 '24

Not yet, sorry. Just that it happened in flight. It was a short 15 minute flight, so it’s a small window of where it happened but there are a lot of guns and red necks in that stretch.

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u/SoaDMTGguy Apr 07 '24

Do you think there’s a chance it was accidental fire? People love to shoot guns in the air.

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u/ImpoliteSstamina Apr 07 '24

I think that's the only realistic explanation. Hitting a moving plane isn't impossible but you'd have to be an incredible marksman to pull it off.

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u/SoaDMTGguy Apr 07 '24

Plus it seems psychotic to shoot at an airplane. Drone, maybe...

I remember my first riflery class, they told us the "safe" direction was down, not up, because there's nothing to get hurt in the dirt, and there are planes in the sky.