Thank you for answering some of my questions LomaPaseo!
For those that have not seen it yet, there is some good footage of birdstrike on take-off (at about V1 it seems?) by a Thomson B757 including sound bites:
Aviation Video: Boeing 757-200 - Thomsonfly
Does anyone know whether CIA has cameras installed and if there is footage of the landing? Or maybe some plane-spotters that were there at the time?
(There was a plane spotter when the B777 incident happened at Heathrow and he took some quite good pictures.)
More questions on the engine surge or flame-out after birdstrike/FOD: Is it a binary decision the pilot should make (i.e. engine either working or not) or would one assume an engine as being good enough (for a G/A, say) if it still delivers a certain N1 value or performs within certain parameters? This might be a stupid question, but is there any chance of attempting to restart an engine that had a surge (assuming you got enough time and altitude)?