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Old 26th Aug 2013, 11:46
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Mitchaa, I think the point about the birdstrike was that it moved both engine control switches to idle. So a possibility, but unlikely on an L2 because:

The windscreen on the S76 was a plastic replacement non-bird-strike-proof one (for weight saving), the L2 windscreen is a plastic/glass laminate that is pretty tough, plus the aircraft was probably not going very fast.

The engine control switches on the S76 were not guarded or locked. On the L2 the levers are locked in a gate that requires sideways movement to unlock.
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