windshield.
Every second mattered.
The impacts continued.
Some birds struck the front of the aircraft. Others passed beneath the wings. More collided with the fuselage.
The noise became almost overwhelming.
Passengers could hear repeated blows against the aircraft’s exterior, and fear spread throughout the cabin.
Jason knew that the aircraft could withstand certain bird strikes, but the sheer number of impacts created a rapidly escalating threat.
Then the situation became dramatically worse.
A bird was drawn toward one of the engines.
Jason saw it happen, but there was almost no time to react.
The bird disappeared into the engine.
Almost immediately, the aircraft shook violently.
The engine began to fail.
Warnings appeared across the cockpit.
The routine flight had become an emergency.
The Engine Failure Changes Everything
An engine failure is a serious event under any circumstances.
An engine ingesting a large bird can cause substantial damage, and the situation
