This is an amazing short clip of what happens when a jet engine encounters just one bird during take-off. Scary stuff.
I find it impressive how quickly the pilots and ground control leap into emergency measures.
You can see this most clearly in the longer clip of what happened with this flight -- HERE.
[Hear the birds chirping away as the plane returns to the airport?]
I watched the whole darn thing.
ReplyDeleteMakes me love train travel even more.
No kidding.
ReplyDeleteIt's quite eerie, to think that something so minor could cause something so potentially catastrophic!