ThomsonFly 757 bird strike & flames captured on video

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This incident was video recorded by Simon Lowe. 233 people where on board this jet bound for Lanzarote. The number 2 engine sucks in one bird (a crow or corvid) as the plane rotates off the runway.

T.V. news reports of two herons being sucked in are wrong.

Congratulations to the crew and air-traffic controllers for the calm and professional way they dealt with the situation. Please checkout more video's by me on Flightlevel350.com.

Channel: News & Politics
Uploaded: May 2, 2007 at 6:20 pm
Author: headintheclouds46

Length: 00:09:36
Rating: 4.83
Views: 1649986

Tags: ThomsonFly 757 Emergency BirdStrike ManchesterAirport G-BYAW Thomson263H

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Video Comments:
konagalvo (November 23, 2008 at 8:08 am)
If it's not Boeing, I'm not Going! Great plane. Great crew.
dnic3boy (November 23, 2008 at 5:06 am)
thats a sext plane lol
ritualfunk (November 22, 2008 at 9:38 pm)
scaryyyy
jacob1029 (November 22, 2008 at 3:04 pm)
sure..
gliderpilotniels (November 22, 2008 at 1:54 pm)
My compliments to the crew and ATC, they handled extremely calm and professional in this emergency situation.
komedykid4211 (November 22, 2008 at 8:17 am)
that must suck 4 the airport having 2 put another 30k in the hole. lol good vid tho
liamhills (November 21, 2008 at 6:53 pm)
that pilot gots some big balls, so like he landed on one engine ??
Dopey390th (November 23, 2008 at 6:00 am)
How else was he supposed to land since a bird trashed the other engine?
Philscbx (November 21, 2008 at 2:01 pm)
Those engines put out roughly 50,000 hp, and rarely use more than 60% of it except in cases like this. I was one of the service line techs during engine seize at MSP.
Multi bird strikes took down the twin of my son's Awac's in Alaska early 90's. A 707 version.
You'd think they would pass through easier, but a tweaked blade anywhere within and it's done. Front fan blades are pretty tough and $26,000 a blade. They are removed and rapped in blankets and strapped in the seats.
night420shadow (November 21, 2008 at 1:48 pm)
ohh!! how did you feel? were you been notified that the plane had an engine failure?