The news was broadcast by a Chinese news agency on June 4, 2013, and is that a plane operated by Air China has suffered a mid-air collision with an unidentified flying object, the Italian newspaper reported.
It all happened on the morning of June 4, 2013, when a Boeing 757 operated by Air China, flying from Chengdu to Guangzhou and at an altitude of 26,000 feet (8,000 meters), was shot down by an unknown object. The incident occurred 20 minutes after take-off, but none of the passengers and crew were injured.
According to news agencies, the Boeing 757 departed at 10:11 am (local time) Shuangliu airport in Chengdu, and after about 20 minutes of flight, it had a problem, the plane had to urgently make an emergency landing at Shuangliu airport.
The Boeing 757 pilots reported internal "mechanical problems" to the ground control room, but one of the passengers on the flight, after he got off the plane, photographed the aircraft on the ground. The pictures showed what the alleged "mechanical damage" was. The nose of the aircraft was damaged as if it had collided with another aircraft.
The airport authorities began an immediate investigation and very quickly they found an explanation for the cause of the accident - the plane collided with a bird. Of course, taking into account the diameter and type of impact, readers will be interested in what kind of bird it is? And a bird, considering that the incident took place at an altitude of 8000 m. Perhaps it was a pterodactyl?
By the way, a similar incident took place in 2008 in the United States.