a bird!!!!

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OJVIKE
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a bird!!!!

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i cant believe a bird did this.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090115/ap_ ... e_in_river
how did one bird knock out 2 engines?
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reports are a flock, so quite possibly multiple birds in each one.
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All it takes is one.
VIKINGS-- "Just pile up your gold in front of your door,set your house on fire,die now, and save yourself the aggravation.
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SKOL28 wrote:All it takes is one.
These jet engines can handle a bird or two with no problem. It was a flock so big that it actually showed up on radar.
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Re: a bird!!!!

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hats off to the pilot, landing in the river thus avoiding a city crash....no lives lost.
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