lomapaseo,
I found your comments extremely interesting, but was waiting to see if there were any other responses, these are the facts that i know of...
1: Night time takeoff
2: 3 hours into the flight, engine vibration started increasing to the extent that the engine was shut down.
3: Flight turned around to one of the airlines hubs rather than the destination.
4: Bird remnants, feathers, blood were found around the engine.
From this i can only see two options.
1: The aircraft hit bird during climb but the engine survived for up to 3 hours.
2: The aircraft hit a bird at altitude and suffered an immediate problem.
Mutt.
Last edited by mutt; 12th October 2002 at 20:35.