ThomsonFly 757 bird strike & flames captured on video

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This incident was video recorded by Simon Lowe. 233 people where on board this jet bound for Lanzarote. The number 2 engine sucks in one bird (a crow or corvid) as the plane rotates off the runway.

T.V. news reports of two herons being sucked in are wrong.

Congratulations to the crew and air-traffic controllers for the calm and professional way they dealt with the situation. Please checkout more video's by me on Flightlevel350.com.

Channel: News & Politics
Uploaded: May 3, 2007 at 1:20 am
Author: headintheclouds46

Length: 00:09:36
Rating: 4.83
Views: 1557198

Tags: ThomsonFly 757 Emergency BirdStrike ManchesterAirport G-BYAW Thomson263H

Video Comments:
roguesniper (October 16, 2008 at 12:08 am)
The APU flap looks like it is indeed open.

From the radio comments, they left the number 1 engine running, and with one engine running, they should be able to keep everything up and running.

They might have fired it up (the APU) in case they were required for some reason to shut down their other engine.
otuggad (October 15, 2008 at 11:41 pm)
were do u get this vids from? it seems unliky that u film em by your self :O
headintheclouds46 (October 15, 2008 at 11:51 pm)
I filmed it, it's my video! Simon Lowe
otuggad (October 15, 2008 at 11:58 pm)
nice but how did u get the atc radio? do u/any one u know work as a trafic controler?
headintheclouds46 (October 16, 2008 at 12:03 am)
I have an airband radio and record it off that
lovelyneisy (October 15, 2008 at 4:03 pm)
poor bird:((
maddbird (October 15, 2008 at 11:13 am)
Fantastic, well put together vid.
HighStateLogic (October 15, 2008 at 2:07 am)
Everyone will lose a day on there holidays now :( Unlucky... Or they could be lucky and have an extra day there... With the black cloud in the background i doubt it though :D
im1knight (October 15, 2008 at 1:27 am)
KDAY24: there are at least 3 famous crash that i know of that involves a 757. 2 because of the pitot tube problem which led to crew crash the plane. One is Aeroperu 603, the other is ALW301. And one because the crew of American 965 flew the plane into mountains due to the mishandling of FMC
Malsh91 (October 15, 2008 at 12:17 am)
it is a concorde in the background when the firetrucks stops at the runway