ThomsonFly 757 bird strike & flames captured on video

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youngtaff · 2019-02 · Reference

With you… like this Thomson plane that had a failure due to bird ingestion during take off at Manchester - [VIDEO]

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FabHK · 2017-04 · Reference

> Takeoff is a very critical phase of flight. Instantaneous engine failure plus partial control surface loss and fuel fires could easily overwhelm a pilot Continued takeoff after failure of a single engine is certification requirement for the aircraft, and is trained frequently by pilots. See the Thompson 757 A330 bird ingestion, engine failure, and successful landing in 2007: [VIDEO] However, sometimes the outcome is less benign, as in the TransAsia 235 crash where apparently pilots shut down the wrong (working) engine: [LINK] [LINK] Failure of more than one engine is always going to be, well, problematic (the Miracle on the Hudson notwithstanding). And, as you point out, uncontained engine failure (while rare) can screw all sorts of things up. So, while I disagree somewhat with "could easily overwhelm a pilot" and "nearly bought down the plane" regarding Qantas 32, all in all I'm afraid you're right...

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dankohn1 · 2015-04 · Reference

This video [0] of a bird strike on a 757 always makes my heart beat faster. For the first time, I just counted the timing. Bird strike is at ~10 seconds. Pilot waits until ~20 seconds to call "Mayday". Only at ~32 seconds does he shut down the damaged engine. If the Taipei pilot had taken the same time to get his bearings before acting, everyone might have survived. In terms of the value of training, I love how cooly the air traffic controller responds to the Mayday. [0] [VIDEO]

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