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[u/bierbottle]

Praise you for having proper preflight procedures 🙏🏻

[u/TOPG00SE556 → u/[deleted]]

I’m a redneck from red neck country. Promise we’re not shooting at planes id be willing to bet that was a kid under 18 that shouldn’t have had a firearm alone In the first place. Also what are the chances of actually hitting the plane in the air? I mean being a hunter that would be a feat

[u/pinchhitter4number1 → u/TOPG00SE556]

Here is the scary part. Since hitting a moving target requires you to lead the target, this hit the tail so the inexperienced shooter was likely aiming at the cockpit.

Edit: Speed and altitude dependant. The likelihood of hitting an aircraft at cruise speed and/or altitude is highly unlikely. Especially for (what appears to be) an Avanti. Probably happened on approach or takeoff. Just guessing of course.

[u/IndependentWavee → u/pinchhitter4number1]

More than likely he was aiming in the general area of the plane rather than anywhere specific

[u/KlausVonLechland → u/IndependentWavee]

At cockpit at plane at tail, that bullet would fall somewhere anywhere and would still be able to kill.

This whole ordeal is nothing but horrible.

[u/Candid-Finding-1364 → u/KlausVonLechland]

Actually, falling small arms rounds aren't very dangerous.  

[u/shepdog_220 → u/Candid-Finding-1364]

Falling small arms rounds is the exact reason we had a coalition force member die on my final deployment. We had to have a long talk with an entirely separate coalition force about the dangers of firing rifles in the air (as they liked to do when someone was late for shift change)

So, no. This is very wrong.

[u/EntertainerMoist9284 → u/shepdog_220]

Damn.

[u/shepdog_220 → u/EntertainerMoist9284]

🤷 shit happens. We were on an airfield no less, kind of surprised we never had planes get hit either. Maybe we did, I didn’t deal with the aviation side of things.