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And if you believe they actually go fly those engines after the test, without re-smoothing/replacing the turbine blades, I got some land to sell you.

The issue isn't whether or not an engine(s) would be damaged but that the damage would result in a loss of the airframe. And the leading edge of the tail looks pretty good, having avoided all that feathered fury.

There is a big difference between taking a bird(s) into the engine at 200-some-odd knots on takeoff and meeting your Thanksgiving dinner at 600 knots face-on.

The worst that you should reasonably expect is a hurried but orderly shutdown based on EVM and other readings. Even if both engines were hit, the crew should have had enough time to throttle back and declare an emergency.

The most likely mechanical explanation would seem to be a rotor burst which FODed the other engine and the wing structure. But I've got to see a lot more evidence. Even then, Lucy's got a lot of 'splaning to do as to why something that, by reg, is supposed to exceed 1x10e-9 happened within 30 days of 11 September.

The way things are running, as for that land, I'll give you $20 of Monopoly money for Park Place with all your hotels.

Even if both engines were hit, the crew should have had enough time to
throttle back and declare an emergency.

Eggsackley! THAT is why we need to hear the cockpit tape.
IF it were a flock of birds, wouldn't the pilots notice that
and make mention of it BEFORE the engines fell off?

Again, I don't look good in tinfoil, but somethin' smells here. The one thing that the gubmint has in it's favor re: this dibacle is that they alone are allowed to make the call. What happens when the next flock of whatevers enters an engine? The f'n thing is only 10 feet wide. Who here will wait for the facts then? How many f'n Clinton enemies died in plane wrecks in the past 8 yrs? Who was responsible for making those calls? Thanks, NTSB, for your hard work and diligence.

And another thing; am I the only one here troubled by the fact that the gubmint was able to pull 265 bodies out of that nightmare in less than 10 hours? I haven't seen a whole bunch of plane wrecks, but it seems that you wouldn't be able to pull more than afew DNA samples out of that slew.