It
had come to rest without reaching the lake.
For several seconds, nobody seemed to know what to do.
The screaming stopped.
The alarms became the dominant sound.
Then came an eerie silence.
They had survived the landing.
But Jason soon realized the strange bird encounter was not over.
The Birds Were Still There
Jason expected the flock to disappear once the aircraft was safely on the ground.
After all, the plane was no longer moving through the sky.
The engine had fallen silent.
The immediate danger seemed to have ended.
But the birds did not leave.
They continued circling overhead.
Thousands—or at least what appeared to be an enormous number—remained in the air above the damaged aircraft.
Their calls echoed across the isolated landscape.
Jason looked upward.
Something about their behavior bothered him.
They were not simply flying through the area.
They were staying with the aircraft.
