American Airlines Flight 742 "flight control system" problems

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Interestingly, for all the fuss about birdies here ASN lists only 56 events severe enough to be mentioned, most of them non-fatal, if we count only humans, that is

Just for the record, 21% of these were jet/turbofans on the wing, 34% rear engines and 45% propeller driven. Not much evidence there that rear engines are less susceptible to bird strike.