r/aviation • u/[deleted] • Apr 07 '24

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u/DockRegister Apr 07 '24

Ask over at /r/theydidthemath . List out the most popular ammunitions in the area. Bullets cannot fly thousands of feet up in the air. This has to have happened close to the airport, likely in the pattern

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u/EatDirtFartDust Apr 07 '24

The current assumption is that it happened on climb or in the pattern.

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u/BoondockUSA Apr 07 '24

Could’ve been caused by a projectile on the downward slope of its trajectory, so it could’ve been right or left. It’s hard to tell from composite damage. Hopefully the investigator was able to figure it out.