200 birds sucked into jet's engines

[v8Statesman]

PASSENGERS onboard a flight to Kosovo had a lucky escape when the plane was hit by more than 200 birds on takeoff.

200 birds sucked into jet's engines | Travel News | News.com.au

 

[samh004]

Hell of a photo:

 

[Flying Fox]

I wouldn't want to be the person who had to clean all that mess off the aircraft.

 

[Lucky_man]

According to the story - 45min to return to the airport. Was it that hard to find?

 

[Mal]

According to the story - 45min to return to the airport. Was it that hard to find?

Probably using/dumping enough fuel to make the plane safe(r) for landing.

 

[Lucky_man]

You are probably right about using some fuel. Lucky they still had one good engine or they'd of been circling for hours