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Bird strike while landing at ORD
« on: May 02, 2012, 11:18:40 PM »
Hi All,
  I'm new to the forum but I'm a big fan of the site and these interesting recordings.  I was monitoring the ORD tower feed this morning and heard United 556 report a bird strike during its landing flare.  This clip captures the reporting of the incident and the subsequent go arounds after the tower closed the runway.  Enjoy!



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Re: Bird strike while landing at ORD
« Reply #1 on: May 03, 2012, 10:45:12 PM »
Also if anyone is up for an interesting feed listen to the Chicago tower and approach from tonight starting at ~7pm CST.  Microbursts detected at the end of the runway and multiple flights diverting to Wisconsin as a result of the storm.  We had some pretty big hail on the ground so I can't imagine it was fun to fly through.