WestWind Airlines

Yes I never enjoy seeing a bird encounter a live airplane. 

Does anyone know where this Tomson flight was going?.  It looks like the chugging engine hardly affected the climb.  I suspect he was putting out some pretty good thrust before the shutdown.  I was wondering how much weight he was hauling. 

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Scott Williams
WWA 1404
Senior Command Captain KBOS
Commercial ASMEL Instrument
CFI #1876545

I'd say Spain or the Canary Islands. Thompson mainly fly to European holiday destinations. If it was during the Summer months, I'd say it was at full capacity or nearly anyway.

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Eoin Coates
Senior Command Captain
Real World Student Pilot
Frankfurt am Mein-Hub Manager

"If the thought came into my head, I would go out and buy a gun"- Herb Kelleher's reply after being asked if he would start another airline.

Yep it was on its way to Lanzarote, with 221 onboard http://itn.co.uk/news/23e3dd21f42ece6db14cc1997c980ab8.html. Interesting that they said it was a "double strike".

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It doesn't matter if you're in a 777 or a C172, a Bird Strike is serious business. Anytime you hit or ingest anything that either knocks out your powerplant or reshapes any aerodynamic aspect of your aircraft (i.e. wing), you run a serious risk of going from a powered aircraft to a high sophisticated and expensive glider....or worse.

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PgXkRgkHUk0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YRQvTDj3374&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2rl3BUfA0VE&feature=related

 

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Ian S. Crawford
WWA 752, CYYZ
VP Director of Cargo Operations, Europe
AOPA # 05034673