Originally Posted by
tdracer
Flight, the question remains, is the simple fact that both events have happened with the same engine type meaningful or is it a statistical fluke? Does it point to some a deeper issue with the CFM56-5 bird strike abilities? Do the bird strike cert requirements need to be toughed up? Not to slight Sully or this Russian crew - but had their luck been a bit worse we could easily be looking at several hundred fatalities.
If the MAX has taught us anything, it's that certified isn't necessarily the same as safe.
Well if those were herring gulls it certainly was beyond the cert basis at the time.
The cert basis has tried to keep up with the bird population in sizes and numbers of flocking birds in areas likely to be encountered.
Certainly the local bird hazard abatement needs to be reviewed as well in this accident.else we would be removing the certificate for a great many airplane/engine types.