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Bird vs Jet Engine
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Posted: Tuesday, August 02, 2005 - 04:13 AM UTC
Found a link to an interesting video. Looks like a bird gets sucked into to the left hand engine during take off. Also looks like the pilot ejected okay.

Shaun

http://www.fazed.org/video/view/?id=47#boidie
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Posted: Tuesday, August 02, 2005 - 04:21 AM UTC
This is never very good for a jet engine. Mind you, it's usually not great for the bird either...

I'm sure there is a video somewhere (someone here will know for sure) of a groundcrewman getting sucked into an engine on a US carrier flightdeck. Amazing thing about it was that he survived! Good story for the grandchildren I suppose
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Posted: Tuesday, August 02, 2005 - 04:31 AM UTC

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Good story for the grandchildren I suppose


Yeah, but not for the mother watching the footage!

Anyway, with two people in the cockpit, it sounds like the jet was on a student training flight, given how the the one pilot was talking to the other.

Interesting find Shaun.

Jeff
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Posted: Tuesday, August 02, 2005 - 04:35 AM UTC

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This is never very good for a jet engine. Mind you, it's usually not great for the bird either...

I'm sure there is a video somewhere (someone here will know for sure) of a groundcrewman getting sucked into an engine on a US carrier flightdeck. Amazing thing about it was that he survived! Good story for the grandchildren I suppose


here you go!
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Posted: Tuesday, August 02, 2005 - 05:54 AM UTC
Thanks for the link Al - was getting worried that I'd imagined the whole thing!
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