Lots of aviation news today. First of all, a Northwest Airlines 757 suffered a bizarre incident in which the nose cone caved in during flight, according to CNN. A spokesman for the airline claimed that this was a "minor maintenance issue" and a "very rare occurrence."
I don't know about you, but structural failure in flight is, at the very least, rather disconcerting. Minor? Uh, guys, if you say so...
There is some speculation over at airliners.net that this happened due to a bird strike, although this is not yet confirmed. Then again, another Northwest 757 apparently had to divert to Las Vegas back in April when it lost part of a wing panel. Are they having some maintenance issues, or just a run of bad luck?
Update: a spokesperson at Tampa International Airport confirms that it was a bird strike. Must have been a big bird...
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