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Old 8th Mar 2011, 20:21
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bubbers44
 
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I don't know because I haven't done it in over 7 years. One time it was a bird ingestion that grounded the airplane for a day or two to get a mechanic to borescope and check for blade damage. One time it was a bird that hit the leading edge of the wing sticking there and the leading edge slats were damaged retracting the flaps. No engine was shut down to my knowledge because if possible that required a diversion. Both of these events took the plane out of service and both were flown by check pilots. One day on short final I came really close to a bird so opened up the cockpit window to verify we hadn't hit it before retracting the flaps. I don't blame them for what happened because they are busy checking out pilots and are distracted while doing their check pilot duties. I wouldn't want their job at that airport.
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