Carmelo Anthony posted a photo of the Oklahoma City Thunder's damaged charter plane
This looks worse than it really was. But damn it looks bad, right?
Members of the Oklahoma City Thunder were greeted by a surprising sight when their charter plane landed in Chicago in the early hours of Saturday morning: a giant, ugly dent in the plane's nose.
Carmelo Anthony shared a look at the damage on Instagram, along with a completely fair question: WTF?
The aircraft, which landed safely when all was said and done, "likely encountered a bird," according to a Delta Airlines statement shared with ESPN. A happy ending for the team, but not so much for that poor bird.
With a dent of that size, you'd think it was a rough ride for the Thunder. Not so, according to a team official. The flight was "a little rough," according to ESPN, but not in a way that left everyone aboard alarmed.
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While the damage looks significant, the nose of most passenger-bearing jets is not as sturdy as you might think. In truth, the weatherproof enclosure -- called a "radome" (a portamanteau of "radar" and "dome") -- holds the plane's radar antenna. And clearly, it's easily damaged when some poor bird collides with it in midair.
Still, what a jarring thing to see as you're exiting a plane.
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