Passenger Captures Bird Strike That Forces LA-Bound Flight To Make Emergency Landing

(CBS) ^ | April 19, 2012 6:10 PM

[BenLurkin]

Leave it to a HuffPo "contributor" to be clueless regarding the aiplane there are flying on.

[ThunderSleeps]

“It was absolutely terrifying,” Grant Cardone, author and Huffington Post contributor, told KNX 1070.

“I picked up my iPad and for some odd reason, started videoing the takeoff of this flight...

Delta said the flight landed at JFK without incident. No injuries were reported.

Leave it to a Huffington Post contributor to think he is something special and those rules about all electronics being off during takeoff and landing don't apply to him. Dumbass.

The flight landed without incident nor injury because the aircraft designers anticipate this kind of incident, and pilots are trained to deal with it. Not exactly commonplace, but not unexpected either.

[A Navy Vet]

What a drama queen. Bet he didn't think for a moment to try to re-assure those around him. Nope, it was about being part of the story and all about him. Sheesh, they can fly with one engine. Still, the best thing is to emergency land. I'm glad things turned out well.

After watching the movie, "Knowing", with the scene of an airliner coming down in front of the lead character and it's horrific special-effects, I wonder what I would do in such circumstances if heading down. Don't we all?

Remember Flight 93! Our civilian best...LET'S ROLL!

[Jack Hydrazine]

I’d like to know how smoke from the fire in the engine got into the cabin. I thought the cabin was pressurized at around 6,000 feet and would push out any smoke from outside. They need some silicone or something to fill in the cracks.

[Jack Hydrazine]

Bird strike on a 757 at Manchester, UK airport in 2007.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9KhZwsYtNDE

[BRK]

After watching the movie, "Knowing", with the scene of an airliner coming down in front of the lead character and it's horrific special-effects, I wonder what I would do in such circumstances if heading down. Don't we all?

I saw that film. The plane crash scene was awesome! It was so unexpected, loud, realistic, and dramatic. I loved that movie!

[Nik Naym]

It gets in because the air they pressurize the cabin with comes from the engines.

I don’t recall exactly where or how, but obviously ahead of where the fuel is normally injected.

I am sure an A&P Mechanic will be along shortly to clarify. (And make me look stupid..LOL)

[South40]

Leave it to a HuffPo "contributor" to be clueless..."

You could have stopped there and it would always apply.

[Aqua225]

You are correct, and I am not a AP mechanic. But if you look in google, most pressurization systems bleed air out of the compressor stage in the engine, cool it, then inject it into the cabin. The engines don’t even notice it. Well, maybe some software somewhere that controls the fuel injection system notices....

[Dan(9698)]

The ventilation for the cabin comes from one of the compressior stages in the engines.

The smoke came from there.

[Ready4Freddy]

and those rules about all electronics being off during takeoff and landing don't apply to him. Dumbass.

Like the "let's roll" guy, right?

[Daffynition]

[rlmorel]

Aircraft use bleed air from the compressors on the jet turbines to pressurize the aircraft and ventilate the cabin. Damage to the bleed air system would (and does) cause that.

[rlmorel]

I used to be a jet mechanic in a former life, and you did fine explaining it. I understand why that would confuse the poster...it isn’t something that is apparent.

[rlmorel]

Just curious, what do you mean? It sounds as if you side with the guy using the device during take off/landing?

[Arrowhead1952]

KLBJ just reported there is an aircraft with unsafe landing gear issues about 20 minutes from Austin Bergstrom airport.

[ThunderSleeps]

Ha ha - no.

In that case they were already above the minimum safe altitude, so using electronics was allowed. No, by the rules they shouldn't have set their phones to transmit. However, when you're being hijacked I think you can cut the passengers some slack so they can communicate their situation to the ground etc. The jerk in this case apparently just decided to record takeoff 'cause he felt like it and you know, the rules don't apply to liberals. (nor does common sense for that matter)

[blueunicorn6]

Bird strike? Was there a picket line?

[Ready4Freddy]

He took the vid with an iPad

[Jack Hydrazine]

Many thanks for explaining that!