41. Core damage usually results with impacts near the blade root or on the nose cone . 42. The penetrator was housed under an ogive nose cone . 43. Pictures of the plane in Chinese state newspapers also showed it missing the nose cone . 44. On landing they discovered a small hole had been burned through the aircraft's black nose cone . 45. A smooth nose cone would be screwed on the end to prevent snagging on the ground. 46. At about the nose cone was blown off the rocket and returned to Earth by parachute. 47. This was replaced by an aerodynamic nose cone . 48. Japan's public television NHK showed the charred nose cone of the plane lying beside the runway. 49. He denied a Kyodo News report that the lightning created a hole in the nose cone . 50. Embedded in a tree near the nose cone was what appeared to be a black tile.
