'Bird strikes' force Ryanair airliner to land in Rome

[originalpckelly]

Who knew that birds were so essential to air travel? Will the President intervene in this strike?

[Deja Q]

1. Did the bird flip and get sucked into the jet?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y2OS2pwrZTI

:o

[Parche]

2. RA

08:20 Update 1 - Incident FR4102 - Monday, 10th November 2008
Ryanair Flight FR4102 from Frankfurt-Hahn to Rome-Ciampino suffered multiple bird strikes to both engines on its landing approach to Rome-Ciampino airport early this morning (Monday, 10th November 2008). The aircraft landed and was brought to an emergency stop on the runway by the Captain. All passengers exited the aircraft safely and have been brought to the terminal building. The aircraft and its engines are currently being inspected by Ryanair engineers to assess any damage as a result of this incident.

A further update will be available at 10.30am GMT with any further news or information available.

Additional Information:

Passengers on Board

- 166 passengers

[XemaSab]

3. I have worked on this issue, and I present to you two factoids:

First: BASH is the BEST ACRONYM EVER. It stands for Bird/Air Safety Hazard.

Second: If the blades in an airplane jet engine get too off-kilter, they can cause a blade-out. This is when all those little sharp blades go flying outward, chopping into anything in their way. Yes, little flying knives can slice right into the passenger cabin--AND the passengers--in mid-flight if the plane hits a bird.

Good times. :D

And for a further fun airplane factoid: Pilots have an axe in the cockpit. This axe is called the crash-axe, and it's for chopping through the windshield in the event of a crash.

[Parche]

4. it has happened before

once on a delta flight in atlanta........:cry: :hi: