And you thought our feathered friends were indeed friends. . .in an aircraft, they are not quite so much.
In the first video, the bird strikes the very nose of the 747 upon landing:
In the second video, a bird is ingested into the MD-11’s tail engine:
In the third video, a birdstrike is responsible for the return of a British Airways jet:
In the fourth video, a bird strikes the pilot’s windscreen in a single-engine private craft, completely taking away the window, a portion of the frame and the visor. The pilot stays remarkably cool and controlled:
In the fifth video, a Canadian BAe Hawk jet is struck; pilot tries to restart the single engine but ultimately the crew ejects and the aircraft is lost into a field.
Never underestimate the power of fowl.
BZ
I always found it hilarious to hear some folks talk about birds flying into wind towers…
Windmill blades are not turning nearly as fast as you would think and in my opinion, any bird too damned dumb to avoid a blade is no loss…
Brings a whole new thought to *bird brain*…
Birds into windmills not so bad. . .into the intake of jets or windscreens of aircraft — so bad.
BZ
Mexico learned the hard way. They went and bought a frozen chicken at the super market, stuffed it into the air cannon and shot it out.
The Mexican jet’s windshield exploded!
They then contacted the USA saying they followed directions.
Our FAA,s answer to them was,,,,, “defrost the chicken first”.
Yep, not a pretty sight… and it DOES cause a problem or three on the aircraft…