Thomsonfly 757 Bird Strike With ATC Audio

Soar · #1 ● 08-21-2009, 09:05 PM

A Boeing 757-200 aircraft operated by British low fare carrier Thomsonfly made an emergency landing shortly after departure from Manchester (UK) airport yesterday morning after two large birds, described in news reports as herons, were ingested into the aircraft's number two engine. No one was injured.

**Hunted** · #2 ● 08-21-2009, 09:09 PM

nice post...... firedog will get his nuts on this

StiffyWood · #3 ● 08-21-2009, 09:16 PM

Wouldn't you just hate, to be seated on the right wing?

Soar · #4 ● 08-21-2009, 09:36 PM

On the contrary Stiffy, I'd sure as hell wanna be seated just forward of it.

güttsfükk · #5 ● 08-21-2009, 10:00 PM

amazing

firedog25 · #6 ● 08-21-2009, 10:32 PM

I've only responded to one bird strike, an F-14... shows you how long ago it was above all else... but we didn't even get to deal with it because we couldn't get the runway lights up. It was when I was at Vandenberg AFB, they don't have an active flightline and at nights and weekends that place is a ghosttown unless there's a rocket coming in or there's fire.

Thomsonfly 757 Bird Strike With ATC Audio

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