LiveATC Discussion Forums

Air Traffic Monitoring => Listener Forum => Topic started by: Chananya Freedman on June 07, 2009, 04:19:54 PM

Title: British Airways bird-strike at LAX
Post by: Chananya Freedman on June 07, 2009, 04:19:54 PM

About 12:50 pm PDT British Airways flight 279 reports being struck by a bird on Final. Landed OK.

Title: Re: British Airways bird-strike at LAX
Post by: cessna157 on June 07, 2009, 05:32:31 PM

Yeah, that'll happen, especially near a coastline

Title: Re: British Airways bird-strike at LAX
Post by: Chananya Freedman on June 08, 2009, 12:45:13 AM

I know, but the miracle in the Hudson has gotten me more interested when I hear things like that.

Title: Re: British Airways bird-strike at LAX
Post by: cessna157 on June 08, 2009, 01:56:14 AM

Eh, bird strikes happen every week.  Usually a non-event.  USAir in NYC was like winning the lottery twice at the same time.

Title: Re: British Airways bird-strike at LAX
Post by: DaytonaAirport on June 17, 2009, 03:27:26 AM

If that plane ditched, would all the passengers survive, just like the Hudson crash?

Title: Re: British Airways bird-strike at LAX
Post by: atcman23 on June 17, 2009, 09:29:47 AM

Quote from: DaytonaAirport on June 17, 2009, 03:27:26 AM

If that plane ditched, would all the passengers survive, just like the Hudson crash?

There's no way of even trying to guess that.  Just like a car accident, there are no guarantees in airline crashes, either.  But a bird strike does not mean a bird got ingested into an engine.  Perhaps the bird hit the windscreen or the wing.  Chances are, the bird probably hit the wind screen (or near it) since they reported the strike.  Plus, they were already on final approach so, even if the bird got ingested into an engine, the aircraft would have more than likely made the airport and landed safely.