Multi multi birdstrike just after V1.
Captain U/S due to being smacked by a seagull. Right engine flamed out. Left engine pegged at max EGT, fire warning and surging. (Are you gonna shut it down???)
"For F***s sake!! Get that other engine going!!!" "ANY WAY YOU CAN!!!"
Suddenly the QRH is not much use.
Got me to have a rethink on cross-bleed starts.
Situational Awareness. How would you start an engine in a BIG hurry? How far can you glide from clean speed at 1000 feet on T/O if both motors failed? 260/80 and a tailwind landing or tight circuit? Will the gear go down? (757 gear lever in the off position to ensure the gear doesn't hang up?)
Amazing how small the "big picture" can shrink in the 6 minutes of flight from roll to landing. It taught me that I really am a bit poor in the S.A. area.
Never happen? TOM flight out of Manchester a few days ago.
Last edited by blue up; 14th May 2007 at 16:13.
Reason: Adding CRM stuff