Philscbx (November 21st, 2008 @ 7:01 pm)

Those engines put out roughly 50,000 hp, and rarely use more than 60% of it except in cases like this. I was one of the service line techs during engine seize at MSP. Multi bird strikes took down the twin of my son's Awac's in Alaska early 90's. A 707 version. You'd think they would pass through easier, but a tweaked blade anywhere within and it's done. Front fan blades are pretty tough and $26,000 a blade. They are removed and rapped in blankets and strapped in the seats.

night420shadow (November 21st, 2008 @ 6:48 pm)

ohh!! how did you feel? were you been notified that the plane had an engine failure?

filmproducer4 (November 21st, 2008 @ 2:55 pm)

great video,,,,

jobypolansky (November 21st, 2008 @ 12:01 am)

I must have watched this video about 15 times. Great example of safety, procedure, and pure professionals...

chepelatino (November 20th, 2008 @ 11:38 pm)

nice job pilot :)

adamski895RS (November 20th, 2008 @ 7:42 pm)

i have been on that exact plane

bufflyrich (November 19th, 2008 @ 6:27 pm)

Gotta give credit to the crew for keeping cool....

0351522743 (November 19th, 2008 @ 7:54 am)

thanks for the vid, very nice, glad you uploaded the entire scene!

sirbananaman (November 18th, 2008 @ 2:45 pm)

ground speed brake..imao

nocalsteve (November 18th, 2008 @ 2:24 am)

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.

nocalsteve (November 18th, 2008 @ 2:16 am)

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.

cooltrain157 (November 18th, 2008 @ 12:11 am)

After 40 seconds the video gets boring. You should have edited that out.