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"Birds & Aeroplanes Don't Mix !!!!"
Posted by Ben Chiu on 02-21-02 at 19:34z
More stuff from Pat Duncan:

Greetings....

Normally I don't forward large graphic/picture files however these are quite
unique. The attached photos from an FAA friend might take a minute to
download....but are well worth the wait. Just goes to show that a big hunk
of iron is not always a match for our fine feathered friends. Below is a
description of the event. Get a load of the altitude at which the
'multiple' strikes occurred. Also another case of "unauthorized cockpit
access" !!!

Regards,

Pat

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Boeing 767 birdstrike photos April 2, 2001. - American Airlines Flight 63
(CDG-MIA) had to return to Paris-CDG when multiple birdstrikes at 12,000ft
caused cabin depressurization and no.2 engine failure. One bird entered the
flight deck via the P1-1 panel on the captain's left side. The aircraft
involved was N376AN, a Boeing 767-323ER.
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"RE: Birds & Aeroplanes Don't Mix !!!!"
Posted by Tarmack on 02-22-02 at 23:30z

Ben,

Great shots of birds entering the aircraft unauthorized!

I hit a bunch of "geese" in a Boeing 707 while approaching Spokane WA (KGEG) in 1967.

We were descending through about 10,000 feet and while we HEARD the hits on the copilot window area.....we then SMELLED the birds as they were ingested into the airconditioning inlet vanes on the belly of the airplane.

We did not lose pressurization but were required to fly the airplane empty over to Seattle later that night and to do it unpressurized as our pressurization/airconditioning ducts were full of feathers, bones and "gunk".

There was a fuselage stringer bent on the right forward side under the copilots window.....and from that time forward for the next 29 years or so.....I always ran the radar system even when there were NO thunderstorms in spring, winter, or fall.......but during migration season.

Many pilots believe that migratory waterfall can "sense" radar energy and when they approach closely the intensity of that radar beam causes them to change direction. I have no idea of the validity of that theory....but I never had another bird strike after that time.

Regards,

Cap'n Tarmack