Teh One Who Knocks
03-14-2016, 11:42 AM
By Steve Robson - The Mirror
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This is the shocking damage caused to a passenger jet hit by a bird strike as it landed at Heathrow.
The EgyptAir flight was on its descent into the UK from Cairo with 71 passengers on board when the incident occured.
The bird strike hit the nose of the Boeing 737-800, leaving a huge hole filled with blood and feathers.
One passenger guessed it to be around 30cm in size.
The aircraft, registration SU-GDZ, was able to land safely at Heathrow on Friday at around 4pm.
It was able to return to Cairo on Saturday.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Egypt air suffered a bird strike causing 30cm hole in the plane <a href="https://twitter.com/vargasmoni">@vargasmoni</a> <a href="https://t.co/zuDmePyqpz">pic.twitter.com/zuDmePyqpz</a></p>— Amer (@amermustafa) <a href="https://twitter.com/amermustafa/status/708843184537870336">March 13, 2016</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="de" dir="ltr">737 vs bird <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Egyptair?src=hash">#Egyptair</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/airkill?src=hash">#airkill</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/avgeek?src=hash">#avgeek</a> <a href="https://t.co/IrpqQYZ9Ch">pic.twitter.com/IrpqQYZ9Ch</a></p>— Paul clare (@paul_clare) <a href="https://twitter.com/paul_clare/status/708417658925015040">March 11, 2016</a></blockquote>
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Bird strikes hitting aircraft are relatively common but rarely cause human injury.
In 2009, a US Airways flight lost power in both engines as a result of a suspected bird strike.
The courageous pilot was able to land the plane on the Hudson River.
All 150 passengers and 5 crew were safely evacuated in a water landing.
http://i.imgur.com/LSQHpTE.png
This is the shocking damage caused to a passenger jet hit by a bird strike as it landed at Heathrow.
The EgyptAir flight was on its descent into the UK from Cairo with 71 passengers on board when the incident occured.
The bird strike hit the nose of the Boeing 737-800, leaving a huge hole filled with blood and feathers.
One passenger guessed it to be around 30cm in size.
The aircraft, registration SU-GDZ, was able to land safely at Heathrow on Friday at around 4pm.
It was able to return to Cairo on Saturday.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Egypt air suffered a bird strike causing 30cm hole in the plane <a href="https://twitter.com/vargasmoni">@vargasmoni</a> <a href="https://t.co/zuDmePyqpz">pic.twitter.com/zuDmePyqpz</a></p>— Amer (@amermustafa) <a href="https://twitter.com/amermustafa/status/708843184537870336">March 13, 2016</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="de" dir="ltr">737 vs bird <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Egyptair?src=hash">#Egyptair</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/airkill?src=hash">#airkill</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/avgeek?src=hash">#avgeek</a> <a href="https://t.co/IrpqQYZ9Ch">pic.twitter.com/IrpqQYZ9Ch</a></p>— Paul clare (@paul_clare) <a href="https://twitter.com/paul_clare/status/708417658925015040">March 11, 2016</a></blockquote>
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Bird strikes hitting aircraft are relatively common but rarely cause human injury.
In 2009, a US Airways flight lost power in both engines as a result of a suspected bird strike.
The courageous pilot was able to land the plane on the Hudson River.
All 150 passengers and 5 crew were safely evacuated in a water landing.