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Bird Strike: American Airlines Airbus A319 Pilots Declare Mayday & Abort Landing In Washington DC

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N814AW, the inbound aircraft, was just 300 feet from landing at the capital airport before the alleged bird strike occurred.

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  • It's convenient that these things work fine with one engine missing. Although I feel like there must be some engineering that could be done to prevent the engines from exploding when they ingest a bird. It happens so often.