Dec 28, 2009: Bird Strike at 11,000 ft.

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Originally Posted by Coign

P.S. Can a forum mod please correct my spelling error in the title. It wasn't a wedding bride that was struck in mid flight, it was a bird. (Stupid spelling typos.)

How do you know the bride wasn't in the co-pilot's seat?


Stoopid lost bird. Prolly thought it was at 1,100ft. Obviously had oxygen starvation.

Can you imagine the pilot's frame of mind!?!
Huge explosion two feet in front of his face. Glass in the face. That thing mashing into the wall inches from his head. 300mph wind jamming into the cabin. No visibility.
Wow. Horrific really.

This happened in New York once. The pilot took off, achieved altitude, reached over and hit the autopilotbirdcomesthruwindow and knocks him stone cold. He wakes up a while later. The autopilot saved his life.