Well I'm upping the tempo a bit now.
I have just been reading an old Bristol evening post I found
in my parents attic.Friday 05 1954.My father flew the old Lancaster so kept loads of anything to do with aviation.
Front page is of a BOAC Britannia crash landing on a test flight
onto the Severn mud and the picture shows just the tail when
the tide came in.Same cover reports a jet flying under the
suspension bridge with startled people watching it go under them.Wonder if they had breath tests in those times?
Anyway the question I have is relevant to this post.
If you are on the take-off climb and have a huge bird strike,
one hitting the f/o's screen,one or two on the nose,and you then
suffer basically a two enginge failure.One keeps going for a while
and you continue to climb at a reduced rate.You are heading north,land to the left,sea to the right.The other engine starts to
play up and you have not got the power to return to your airfield.
Given the fact you are going down,would you aim out to sea?
Would you keep the gear up,and how would you land.I presume
you would try to get the tail down first,but is this something that
you practise in the sim.We have all heard about 'in the event
of a ditching'but in reality what chances do you have?
If you managed a safe ditching would the pilots leave through
their windows,or would the Capt stay on board as on ships to
ensure all pax are off safely before getting out?Also how long does the aircraft stay afloat for or is that dependant on damage?
Oh well back to looking out of my window over the suspension bridge.If someone else goes underneath,I bet I will be in
the supermarket!!!Seems from a later copy that ATC wasn't
that good at that time as they never found out who did it.
There were four aircraft over Bristol so 'Not me Guv'
Regards as always