Seth Masia wrote:
Sounds like a Wrong Way Corrigan hoax.

Hard to tell. He lost an aileron. Unless there were problems with the controls
of that one, a single aileron would give about the same control feel in normal
flight. He lost some lift on that side. But he also lost an auxiliary tank. That
tank may be assumed to have contained a fair amount of fuel, since he said he
only noticed a problem when he saw the gauge for that tank showing empty. So,
the loss of lift was probably countered by the loss of weight on that side.
There's also a radar pod under the other wing.

The plane might actually have flown a bit better this way.

On the other hand, it's hard to imagine hitting something hard enough to remove
part of the wing and have nobody on board notice.

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