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2005-09-18 Afghanistan/South Asia

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Posted by Fred 2005-09-18 00:00|| || Front Page|| [1 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Flight PK 308 was travelling from Karachi to Islamabad on Friday night when sudden turbulence, caused by the bird being sucked into the engine.

WTF? Don't get me wrong, turbulence can be frightening (I never knew a 747 wing can bend like it did on my last flight, with Lufthansa btw), but this smells like the pilots panicked after losing an engine. Turbulence caused by a birdstrike??? C'mooon..

Posted by Rafael 2005-09-18 19:38|| 2005-09-18 19:38|| Front Page Top

#2 (I never knew a 747 wing can bend like it did on my last flight, with Lufthansa btw)

In static tests on one of the first 747 airframes, the wings were deflected upward 29 feet before they gave way. Turbulence probably wouldn't come even close to doing that.

Posted by Bomb-a-rama 2005-09-18 22:26|| 2005-09-18 22:26|| Front Page Top

#3 for certain it wasn't 29 feet, but I swear I saw that wing flapping like a bird :-)

Posted by Rafael 2005-09-18 22:33|| 2005-09-18 22:33|| Front Page Top

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