[patriciaruth]

View pictures above.

[Howlin]

Let me ask you this: some people reported seeing the wing break away. Do you think that could have been the tail section we saw on TV?

[Tennessee_Bob]

Destroyed jet engine due to bird strike. Aircraft on takeoff phase, 50 ft. AGL, 140 knots.

Fort Frances, Ontario (1994). Crash on takeoff resulting from engine damage caused by gulls.

[bootless]

Thanks for posting that. A birdstrike in a slower general aviation plane can decapitate the pilot or copilot.