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Old 3rd Jan 2003, 15:25
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JW411
 
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lomapaseo:

Most of us are well aware of the definition of V1, VR, V2 etc but V1 becomes totally irrelevant when all your engines quit!

I'm sorry you can't find the BAC 1-11 incident in your precious data base. The airline was BIA. The Captain was C... F... and the F/O was D... S... They did a first class job in difficult circumstances.

I also know of another near-catastrophic bird strike which might interest you but which is also probably not in your data base.

A BAe 146 operated by an NFD crew got airborne at night from Genoa. They went straight through a flock of seagulls which took out 2 engines immediately. The crew did a fantastic job - quickly round the harbour in the dark at 500 feet - which was just as well for the 3rd engine failed on finals!

On both occasions the crew were very practical and not too concerned with the theoretical!

Multiple failures from birdstrikes are not as uncommon as you would seem to suggest. I just hope that you never have to deal with such a scenario.
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