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Old 11th October 2004 | 15:51
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Canuckbirdstrike
 
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From: Canada
Adding levity to the discussion..... The airline I fly for had a very unusual strike that led to a rejected takeoff...

A bee flew down one of the pitot tubes blocking the airspeed indications and generating an airspeed fault message and RTO.

Another airline hit two wild turkeys on the take-off roll at Washington Dulles with one penetrating the flight deck resulting in an RTO. The comment was "I thought all the turkeys were on Capital Hill not at the airport".

Richard
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