200 birds sucked into jet's engines
PASSENGERS onboard a flight to Kosovo had a lucky escape when the plane was hit by more than 200 birds on takeoff.
The flock of starlings were sucked into the right engine as the Germania Airlines jet took off from Dusseldorf Airport with 80 on board.
Others dented the fuselage but thankfully did not pierce it. Their splattered remains could be seen on the plane later.
Once airborne, the pilot reported engine damage and circled for almost 45 minutes before landing safely.
A similar bird strike brought down an Airbus in the Hudson in New York in January this year.
The pilot managed a heroic emergency landing and all 155 on board survived.
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Added: Sep-30-2009
By: biggles9
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Tags: birds, jet engime
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By: biggles9
In: News
Tags: birds, jet engime
Marked as: approved
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That's the hugest picture ever, lol
Posted Sep-30-2009 ByDonovan301 (975.38) 
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HUGE PICTURE!
not.
Posted Sep-30-2009 By47 (304.36) 
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The airlines need to install a mesh of some sort over the engine intake to keep the birds out.
Posted Sep-30-2009 BySledge_Hammer (70.64) 
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that would be a bigger hazard than the birds...
Posted Sep-30-2009 Bybazzap (40.48) 
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Instead of peanuts the in flight snack will be fresh Pate...
Posted Sep-30-2009 ByWhiskey_Tango_Foxtrot (1660.80) Whiskey_Tango_Foxtrot View Channel Send Message
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The Birds are still useful if this plane flew over Asia!!!!!!!!!!
Posted Sep-30-2009 ByItsMyOpinion (36.02) ItsMyOpinion View Channel Send Message
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Another GREAT REPOST by Biggles9
http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=df2_1254297420
Why do you repost other members uploads? I'm just curious to know why you can and others can't.
Posted Sep-30-2009 Byeffin_bIuehead (11.56) 
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Premium members.
Posted Sep-30-2009 ByDonovan301 (975.38) 
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Same news item, but other source. You people should stop whining about reposts, this web site is global. That means different time zones and hundreds, if not thousands of of uploads per day. Even a featured item will get past you or me while we sleep. Nobody, not even mods, can keep up with all the uploads here. Or have you watched every video here?
Posted Oct-1-2009 ByPrivate-Parts (38758.98) 
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Chinese Buffet
Posted Sep-30-2009 ByAmperz (64.66) Amperz View Channel Send Message
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more like the flock was 200 and only a few went into the engine, another media hype it up again!
Posted Sep-30-2009 Byddhh1 (3218.12) ddhh1 View Channel Send Message
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""A similar bird strike brought down an Airbus in the Hudson in New York in January this year.""
Aaahhhhh...NO!!!! Not a real correct statement. These starlings are MUCH smaller, doing much LESS damage to an engine than a canadian goose would. This bird strike is in no way a comparison to the Airbus birdstrike over the Hudson. The ONLY comparison is....they are both called bird strikes...but are in no way similar. Another aspect, only one engine was affected in this st More..
Posted Sep-30-2009 BySimnut (25.16) Simnut View Channel Send Message
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