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Re:Why we can't stop birds downing aircraft by endtime on Friday January 16, 2009 @05:22PM (#437375)
>International Civil Aviation Organisation regulations say that jet engines must be able to ingest a small bird without problems. But for large birds, the rules say only that the engine must not explode.

This is probably the best passage I've read all week.

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Re:Why we can't stop birds downing aircraft by furyg3 on Friday January 16, 2009 @06:21PM (#437457)
Do we need to list all the contingencies when an engine must not explode? Can't that be just a general requirement of engines?

Edit: On second thought, I suppose jet engines are generally in a constant state of exploding. Maybe the rule should be "Upon ingestion of a large bird, keep exploding".

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