[janetjanet998]

I’m surprised this doesn’t happen more often

Video
Flock of birds smash into a plane during takeoff from Algeria
https://rumble.com/v70tlls-flock-of-birds-smash-into-a-plane-during-takeoff-from-algeria.html

[Williams]

I’m pretty sure an American airline would have turned back.

[Red Badger]

Aviation Ping!......................

[Williams]

The video was not very dramatic.

[mairdie]

That problem has been around over a hundred years. Grandfather used to wait at the Verdi airport near Reno for the new fangled airmail pilots to land and tell their stories, then wrote articles about them.

https://www.iment.com/maida/family/father/jackbell/Jack-Bell-Prospector-and-Naturalist-39.htm#dressedinfeathers

All Dressed Up in Feathers
Oakland Tribune, April 1, 1923

[dfwgator]

No injuries were reported

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Tell that to the birds.

[Cletus.D.Yokel]

FAFO, birds...

[21twelve]

“No injuries were reported”

Gary Larson would beg to differ.