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Old 21st January 2009 | 21:32
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ChristiaanJ
 
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Previous post reminds me of another earlier question....
"How big the chance of both engines being hit?"

If the geese in a 'V formation' fly about three to four feet apart, and the diameter of an A320 engine inlet is about four to six feet (strictly my guess, without any googling, too late in the day), the chance is not that far from a hundred percent (elementary operational research....).

Maybe it's high time we taught those geese to go and fly and feed and roost elsewhere...?

Or maybe it needs a major crash in the Bronx, with a few hundred dead?

The threat is there, and reports quoted earlier indicate it's increasing.

The "miracle on the Hudson" should not blind us to the fact that the likeliness of this happening again is increasing steadily, and the next "incident" may well occur under less "miraculous" circumstances than this one...

CJ
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