Mayday emergency captured by colleague as birdstrike destroys 757's engine on takeoff

The Mad Rapper said:
How do you, as ATC, deal with a hijack?
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There are a number of things we have to do, a lot of which I can't go into. In essence we have to create an exclusion zone around the hijacked aircraft of about 25 miles which is really difficult to do. The reason being that it would be a shame if the missiles locked onto the wrong plane. I'll say no more ;)


Samtheman1k said:
How come there is ATC on the audio? Isn't that illegal to listen in?
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Yes, it is illegal.
 
awesome video and just shows the amount of training that is put into the staff as for jet engines they can withstand a huge amount of energy take this video for example a Blade of test for the Airbus A380 engine


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Very well handled but as already stated they have trained many times for this and they simply follow protocol.

I suggest people get their hands on the 5 Seasons of 'Air Crash Investigation', fascinating documentaries reconstructing and explaining all of the worst plane crash’s in modern-day history.
 
KaHn said:
I remember reading a birdstrike test where they were using chickens from a supermarket and firing them at a turbojet engine and were wondering why it was keep failing, they then realised that the person firing the chickens wasnt defrosting them so basically they were shooting a cannonball through a turbojet engine.

KaHn
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I believe there is a similar urban legend about British Rail testing the strength of train windscreens by simulating bird strikes using a cannon fired chicken. Except the forgot to defrost it...
 
Mr_Vengeance said:
I suggest people get their hands on the 5 Seasons of 'Air Crash Investigation', fascinating documentaries reconstructing and explaining all of the worst plane crash’s in modern-day history.
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I found the episode concerning Alaska Airlines Flight 261 particularly interesting. Those poor people must have known that their numbers were up for a good while before they hit the ground. It didn't do much to quell my fear of flying.

My uncle (ex-USAF officer and pilot) used to tell me of the frequency in which birdstrikes occured, especially to fast-jets on low level training, and how they were every pilot's nightmare (amongst many other dangers, of course).

Not sure if this had been posted before, but observe the result of a bird injestion on a Canadian Airforce Hawk. Scary.

 
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Yes dealt with very well by the polits and tower. Thats reassuring.

But I bet the passengers were petrified, thouse bangs would have been so loud and I bet the felt it through their seats etc too. I would be ****** it.
 
Well i was very impressed at how calm and professional the pilots were. Well done! I wonder if any of the passengers refused to get on the next plane for their journey? I don't like flying at the best of times but that might of been too much for me :(
 
Wow. I can't believe how calm the people involved were. Very impressive and makes me feel even more confident flying.
 
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