My questions are
1. How common are aborted landings before T/O and how common are birdstrikes?
2. How late can the pilot call off the take off? RAK seemed to have a very long runway, I checked and is over 10,000 ft.
3. How much damage can a bird do to an engine?
4. Would this incident have to be reported in some way, other than the flight log?
5. How serious is an incident like this?
1. Not sure I understand BUT birdstrikes can be very common. At BFS we operate a policy of constant harrassment whereby there is always a bird scaring vehicle(sometimes up to THREE) operating with bird distress calls and exploding shells.
2. Not a pilot but an ATCO .I understand that V1 is the cutoff. After that the aircraft will be taken into the air.
3. One bird can cause substantial damage. I recall once a 757 ingesting over 25 from a flock. The aircraft remained on the ground for a few days whilst the engine was changed.
4. The incident will be reported via the Airfield Fire Service.The details needed include type of bird ..whether day or night...damage to the aircraft ....whether on take off or landing...speed of aircraft...was bird scaring in progress..etc
5.Potentially very.
If I have forgotten anything I am sure my colleagues will add to it
Regards
EW