One time I’m not spotting at my home airport a plane makes an emergency landing. Great work by the crew but I have heard it may not actually be a bird strike. I do think it was but maybe you could say it was a possible bird strike.
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All engines are rigorously tested for performance during a bird strike event. They even have a ‘chicken gun’ which is used to fire debris into the running engine on a test bed to ensure containment during the research phase.
The tricky bit is in real life those pesky birds don’t follow rules and will fly into any part of the engine, not just the bit checked by the chicken gun!
Most pass through the front fan occasionally though a better aimed bird will find the front of the core and get ingested into the hot zone. That smells!!!
Some of these birds are pretty big and heavy, a Canada Goose for example will totally trash your engine irrespective of whoever built it! It is supposed to contain the strike within the engine cowling though.
Not much you can do about it, just contain it and decide a course of action.
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I do apologize for the wait for the replies, I’ve been on and off planes for the past little bit.
Allow me to quote you:
The post suggests responsibility even if you do not expressly say it. How can a bird strike be bad for Rolls Royce? I would say that it’s good for them since they can now make money selling a replacement engine.
In addition to this, the post is factually incorrect. The attached link shows an engine-related incident on an Airbus powered by CFM and IAE engines, respectively.
I haven’t been justifying RR. I’ve simply been correcting prejudice. I do not understand the “blame the manufacturer” sentiment that sometimes prevails. Therefore I speak out.
The fact that RR has been brought up in this discussion in a negative light speaks volumes about how there is bias against RR. I believe the GE90-115B engine is the greatest subsonic high-bypass turbofan ever made, but I will continue to provide a contrasting perspective and offer factual information, that might mean defending RR on occasion. Please do not let your emotions and beliefs distort the facts.
We all know where this topic will go if we continue this justification.
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Seems like all the engine failures (most of them) seem to be occurring to something that has to do with Australia…
Gee, AirAsia isn’t having a good time after the Perth Incident. Even worse Rolls-Royce. Am not be long till the particular engine is grounded
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I guess they are just an unlucky airline
Justification means to show something to be right or reasonable. Engine failures are not reasonable. I’m simply pointing out how RR isn’t going to be upset by a bird flying into one of their engines. I’ve not attempted to justify anything at any stage in this discussion. That will be all. Good day.
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