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by RapidFire 1938 days ago
Yeah but I bet they don't test the engine by throwing the turkeys in while its actually flying. Could easily be bird strike broke a fan blade that damaged the outer cowlings enough that they broke off/apart due to airspeed. From what I understand these engines use a unique hollow fan blade; so it could also just be an early/unexpected failure.

I wonder why you would freeze the turkey before throwing it in. Surely their aren't frozen birds that size flying around. It's like shooting a man.. before throwing him out an airplane.
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titzer 1938 days ago
They froze the turkeys to make them easier to fire out of their pneumatic cannon at several hundred miles per hour. (I saw this on a documentary about the 777 on TV, and I can't find the clips on YouTube).
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topspin 1938 days ago
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fG3XDkIKT0E

The compressor blades hardly seem to notice. They are shot out of the rear of the engine as a pink mist.

Birds do stop engines. You just need to fly through enough them. Flight 1549 lost both engines while turning Canadian geese into deli slices.

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valarauko 1937 days ago
Obligatory "Canada Geese", not "Canadian Geese" comment.

I'm curious: do we know how many geese it takes to take out an engine?

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