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Old 7th Jun 2006, 08:33
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Yes poor old VBO copped a bird strike or two that night out of CBR.

Engineers pulled a 6kg swan out from the trailing edge flaps and one or more passed through the engine.
Several blades and stators were replaced as well as various other affected parts and engine was run with vibration levels within limits but not that good overall. It's been a few days since I was at work but last I heard was that it could very well be a new donk.

Interestingly, the strike could be heard from within the terminal when it happened!
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