Smithwicks Posted January 16, 2009 Report Share Posted January 16, 2009 Just a thought, and perhaps some jet engine gurus can tell me otherwise, but why not put a very fine grill over the front of the engines to prevent birds from getting sucked inside? Granted it might just julienne cut the bird.only reason i could see against that is it would mess up the airflow. also you would have to make the grill strong enough to prevent it from getting ripped off because of the engine, so cost + weight might go up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lookforjoe Posted January 16, 2009 Report Share Posted January 16, 2009 Seems like it was midtown. About 20 miles from me. I'm north on the Hudson River.The river's pretty clean these days - much better than in the early 80's when I moved here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karlson Posted January 16, 2009 Report Share Posted January 16, 2009 Great work by flight crew! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zappo Posted January 16, 2009 Report Share Posted January 16, 2009 They will all die from the pollution in the riverIt doesn't look like anyone even got wet. One of the passengers said they went out the exit, walked across the wing and onto one of the boats. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Young Burnsy Posted January 16, 2009 Author Report Share Posted January 16, 2009 Just a thought, and perhaps some jet engine gurus can tell me otherwise, but why not put a very fine grill over the front of the engines to prevent birds from getting sucked inside? Granted it might just julienne cut the bird.I think crippling bird strikes are kinda rare. But with this accident we might see a change. Although I'm not sure since no one died. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zappo Posted January 16, 2009 Report Share Posted January 16, 2009 I think crippling bird strikes are kinda rare. But with this accident we might see a change. Although I'm not sure since no one died.Doubt it. Somewhere in the links it was listed how many strikes have been recorded since 1984. The number isn't very big. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dmsee Posted January 16, 2009 Report Share Posted January 16, 2009 Wow, happy that everybody is safe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caanglin Posted January 16, 2009 Report Share Posted January 16, 2009 Just a thought, and perhaps some jet engine gurus can tell me otherwise, but why not put a very fine grill over the front of the engines to prevent birds from getting sucked inside? Granted it might just julienne cut the bird.There is no point in a grille. If you do put on a grille on and the birds stick to it, the birds will still get sucked in. Also the majority of planes can fly on one engine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7 VII 7 Posted January 16, 2009 Report Share Posted January 16, 2009 they say he is a hero... but I do not think so... inst his job to keep the plane up and do what it takes to keep it from crashing and killing people? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Young Burnsy Posted January 16, 2009 Author Report Share Posted January 16, 2009 they say he is a hero... but I do not think so... inst his job to keep the plane up and do what it takes to keep it from crashing and killing people?Go back to watching Fox David.I'm sure you would have rather of seen the plane land in a Jewish neighborhood instead of the river. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nolanator Posted January 16, 2009 Report Share Posted January 16, 2009 calm down, its not baltimore. ya dig? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karlson Posted January 16, 2009 Report Share Posted January 16, 2009 they say he is a hero... but I do not think so... inst his job to keep the plane up and do what it takes to keep it from crashing and killing people?god, you are stupid! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ozzimark Posted January 16, 2009 Report Share Posted January 16, 2009 Just a thought, and perhaps some jet engine gurus can tell me otherwise, but why not put a very fine grill over the front of the engines to prevent birds from getting sucked inside? Granted it might just julienne cut the bird.A source familiar with the situation, however, told CNN the pilot reported a double bird strike, but it was unclear whether that meant birds in both engines or two birds in one engine.I know most commercial turbine engines are designed to be able to ingest a medium sized bird (and a crapton of water) without much complaint, so I'm guessing the two birds were close to each other and hit the same turbine and took it out Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dmsee Posted January 16, 2009 Report Share Posted January 16, 2009 they say he is a hero... but I do not think so... inst his job to keep the plane up and do what it takes to keep it from crashing and killing people? :huh: :huh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ozzimark Posted January 16, 2009 Report Share Posted January 16, 2009 ah, found the bird videohttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rSafRuLB0c0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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