Turbofan bird ingestion
Just wanted to get some other collegue's opinions on actions (return or not) after ingesting a bird after take-off.
Recently I ingested a bird on rotation and immediately noticed the pungent KFC smell (funny, it smells like fish in the intake) which was also strong enough for the purser to call me after gear was selected up.
No abnormal indications as vibration was only 0.3. Smell slowly dissapating, however still there after a few minutes.
In this case after landing I elected to return and after inspection and high thrust engine run (cook the remnants) aircraft was dispatched 3 hours later however on a previous identical scenario albeit a bigger bird, I came back to notice 5 blades bent forward an inch. (vibrations were only 0.6 throughout).
Let the analysis begin!