You are a pilot. If you hit a bird, what happens to your plane?

Question

You are a pilot. If you hit a bird, what happens to your plane?

Answer 1

Birds usually do not fly at that level of feet, if they did however by any chance, they would be sucked into one of the planes engines straight away, the power of much larger planes wipe out most small planes, this is why they must keep certain distances from each other...thank goodness for air traffic control.

Answer 2

depends on where the bird hits. If it hits your windscreen, you probably would get freaked out because theres bird blood and bone all over. But if you hit it and it hits your engine/rotor, you're busted. It'll block up the exit for the afterburner/hot air. The plane will explode.  

Answer 3

birds dont fly up that high.

why is this in the psychics section bro?

Answer 4

For a large jet airliner, although it could cause some very expensive damage, a single bird would not usually cause a serious problem.  Modern jet engines have the capability of surviving the ingestion of a bird due to the fact that the fan acts like a centrifuge to force birds (and ice etc.) to the outside of the fan's disc.  As a result, these go through the relatively unobstructed bypass duct, rather than the core of the engine which contains the smaller and more delicate compressor blades.  Military jets, which are designed for high-speed flight and typically have low-bypass engines increasing the risk that birds will get into the core of the engine, and small, propeller-driven planes where the propeller blades or control surfaces could get damaged, are more likely to have accidents caused by single birds.

However, flocks of birds are a hazard to even large commercial jets, especially during taking off and landing where they can easily block the engine air-intakes.  'Bird strike' has been blamed for a number of crashes and consequently, airports and military airbases have been using countermeasures to help keep the runway areas clear for many years.  These can include birds of prey such as falcons, or more passive ideas like simply allowing the grass to grow taller (12 inches or more).

An extension to modern digital fly-by-wire control systems, called Intelligent Flight Control System, is being developed that will automatically use engine thrust and other avionics to compensate for severe failures in flight such as loss of hydraulics, rudder, ailerons or even an engine.  This will help reduce the risk of accidents due to bird strike even further.

Answer 5

Some minor damage to the plane. Minor in that you won't fall out of the sky, but once you land you won't be allowed to get the plane flying again until its fixed. Windshields are made to withstand the impact of a good size bird. They are thick.

Answer 6

the technical term fro hitting a bird is a bird strike.  if it hits the wind screen it can cause the screen to ripple or break.  i have seen them destroy metal paneling and get lodged in interior portions of the airplane.  if one goes into the engine it will more than likely bend the first stage fan blades into the second stage and cause a catastrphic engine failure.  this does not mean that the airplane blows up and you die, it just means you have one less engine....or no engine at all.  airports take alot of precautions to keep birds away.  loud noises, falcons, fake owl statues, riding around in a pickup shooting shot guns in the air. for the most part it works.  but there are always still problems.