this post was submitted on 23 Aug 2023
547 points (96.9% liked)

Memes

45778 readers
1981 users here now

Rules:

  1. Be civil and nice.
  2. Try not to excessively repost, as a rule of thumb, wait at least 2 months to do it if you have to.

founded 5 years ago
MODERATORS
 
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[โ€“] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

BBC reported it was missing a wing on the way down, so either it just decided to shed its wing on its own or it was knocked off by something. Not too many things flying around in the air that can take off a plane wing.

[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

It was a Russian plane though. These things probably lose wings regularly.