ThomsonFly 757 bird strike & flames captured on video

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This incident was video recorded by Simon Lowe. 233 people where on board this jet bound for Lanzarote. The number 2 engine sucks in one bird (a crow or corvid) as the plane rotates off the runway.

T.V. news reports of two herons being sucked in are wrong.

Congratulations to the crew and air-traffic controllers for the calm and professional way they dealt with the situation. Please checkout more video's by me on Flightlevel350.com.

Channel: News & Politics
Uploaded: May 2, 2007 at 6:20 pm
Author: headintheclouds46

Length: 00:09:36
Rating: 4.83
Views: 1643490

Tags: ThomsonFly 757 Emergency BirdStrike ManchesterAirport G-BYAW Thomson263H

Video Comments:
adamski895RS (November 20, 2008 at 2:42 pm)
i have been on that exact plane
bufflyrich (November 19, 2008 at 1:27 pm)
Gotta give credit to the crew for keeping cool....
0351522743 (November 19, 2008 at 2:54 am)
thanks for the vid, very nice, glad you uploaded the entire scene!
sirbananaman (November 18, 2008 at 9:45 am)
ground speed brake..imao
nocalsteve (November 17, 2008 at 9:24 pm)
The engine did not flameout. The birdstrike resulted in damage to the compressor section that resulted in compressor stalls which explains the flames popping from the tailpipe. The engine continues to run until it is apparently and expectedly shut down by the flight crew.
cooltrain157 (November 17, 2008 at 7:11 pm)
After 40 seconds the video gets boring. You should have edited that out.
Dudeboy4000 (November 17, 2008 at 6:33 pm)
Correct. the AVP @ manchester is a fantastic day out :)
fissionfruit (November 17, 2008 at 3:13 pm)
Can someone explain the necessity of the brake check please.
piersparfitt (November 17, 2008 at 4:42 pm)
They would normally have used the engines to provide reverse thrust to assist in slowing the plane, but as they only had one engine operational, they would have had to use the brakes more to slow down, possibly leading to overheating and the potential for a fire
nocalsteve (November 17, 2008 at 9:16 pm)
Since he was landing with only one engine, he did not have maximum thrust reverse available and was severly limited in how much reverse he could use on the left engine because it would pull the aircraft to the left during roll out. It is very common during maximum use of brakes for the brakes to overheat, boil hydralic fluid, or blow out tires which could start a fire on the landing gear. The fire crew would check the brakes as a precaution in case of fire.