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Old 28th Apr 2009, 12:31
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Birds can be very dangerous but the vast majority of bird strikes cause no severe damage. I was on watch in Heathrow Tower waaaay back and we had 210 bird strikes in a couple of minutes. Both runways had to be closed while they cleared the carcasses but the aircraft survived.
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