Posted on 08/08/2010 6:05:01 PM PDT by markomalley
ANCHORAGE, Alaska — An eagle was sucked into an engine of an Alaska Airlines jet as the aircraft was taking off from a small southeast Alaska town Sunday, causing the flight to be aborted.
Seattle-bound Flight 68 was approaching takeoff speed when the eagle was ingested into the left engine shortly after 10 a.m. in Sitka. None of the 134 passengers or five crew members was hurt.
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The bird collision automatically shut off the plane's engine, airline spokesman Paul McElroy said.
McElroy said the jet braked to a stop about 3,000 feet from the end of the 6,500-foot runway, which ends at the water's edge. The plane then taxied back to the terminal with its single working engine.
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Yes, I was thinking a DC-9 family where the thrust would be at the rear near the centerline, where it might be worth considering, rather than a 737 where it might make a nice pinwheel effect.
Makes the story even less plausible.
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