I wonder what they hit?!?

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,376942,00.html

Check out the nose cone on this plane! Glad no one was hurt.

 

My bet would be it was a goose! At 400mph that looks about right

 

Lucky it hit the nose cone and didn't go into one of the jet engines.

 

Cost wise you are absolutely right, safety wise it wouldn't have made any difference.

 

http://blogs.usatoday.com/sky/2008/07/nwa-says-mid-ai.html