I shot this with my phone on the way home this PM. Tough day at the office;-)
The dreaded seven engine approach.
“It appears that we ingested a heron in the outboard starboard...”
How do you know?
“Feathers and BBQ smell!”
is it possible someone left the gas cap off?
Dumping gas?
Engine out of trim?
Throttle at idle to practice engine out approach?
Engine out?
Could be any number of things.
Oh, isn’t that a tanker, meaning it has four engines, not eight.
Hope they do not have those pesky road side “sniffers” like in California that take a photo of your license plate for further smog prosecution.
Sure looks like a BUFF.
Back in the 70’s, I was doing laundry at a laundromat in my hometown of Spokane, WA. My sister stepped outside, then yelled for me to come quick. I went outside, where it was dark. She pointed up.
I saw a B-52, one of those from the old 92nd Bomb Wing based at Fairchild AFB. Its right-side inboard engine pod was totally engulfed in flames and leaving a trail of sparks. We kept watching until it went out of sight behind the trees.
We found out later that it made it safely back to base, but the engine pod was pretty much gone. The fire didn’t spread and the crew was fine. It was seen over most of the north side of Spokane and many people called police to report it.