Minor birdstrike today at Connaught

bandit197 · 24-05-2010 5:30pm #1

A BMIbaby Boeing 737 flight no. WW1092 reported a birdstrike to the windscreen on departure out of Connaught en-route to Birmingham today 24/05/10 at 16.08. The crew, who reported that the birdstrike occurred on rotation were not concerned that any damage was done to the aircraft and continued on their flightplan.
A subsequent runway inspection found three small bird carcasses of unknown species around the point where the aircraft rotated.
The flight arrived in Birmingham at 17.01

How frequent are incidents like these? I presume it happens quite a lot but is only deemed serious if an engine or control surface is damaged?

FlutterinBantam · 24-05-2010 6:21pm

Not really, head on fuselage damage can also cause problems.

vulcan57 · 24-05-2010 8:20pm

Connaught Airport ?? thats 2 names too late. It's been Knock International since then and now Ireland West Airport Knock. Sorry for picking;). Glad it didn't do too much damage and everyone was OK.

bandit197 · 24-05-2010 8:53pm

vulcan57 wrote: »

Connaught Airport ?? thats 2 names too late. It's been Knock International since then and now Ireland West Airport Knock. Sorry for picking;). Glad it didn't do too much damage and everyone was OK.

Connaught is still used by pilots and ATC. 'Connaught tower' is used as a callsign. But yes you are right the official airport name is Ireland West Airport Knock. It is indeed great that it was a minor incident and nobody hurt.

Run_to_da_hills · 24-05-2010 9:04pm

bandit197 wrote: »

Connaught is still used by pilots and ATC. 'Connaught tower' is used as a callsign. But yes you are right the official airport name is Ireland West Airport Knock. It is indeed great that it was a minor incident and nobody hurt.

Also "Horan International airport"

Oscar Bravo · 24-05-2010 9:37pm

Ya they happen from time to time,An Aer Lingus flight to Gatwick had the same problem a few months ago at EIKN.birds can be a problem at Knock and useually,but not all of the time,a "bird" inspection is carried out before flights arrive/depart.i.e a van drives up and down the runway and fires a type of flare gun which gives a loud band to shift the birds,sometimes not to great affect!

Neworder79 · 24-05-2010 10:08pm

Quote "Connaught is still used by pilots and ATC"

Not anymore, the aerodrome title was changed to "Ireland West" on all charts and a couple of years back.

The official marketing name is still Ireland West Airport Knock, but they may as well drop the Knock bit, all it does is confuse as to it's location. There were a few stories in the media last year about tourists getting lost driving the wrong way down the N17 and missing flights.

Oscar Bravo · 24-05-2010 10:20pm

Any flights/private aircraft that i have heard calling in lately including yesterday and today have used eg "good afternoon Connaught tower,this is ...." etc etc.

Jammyc · 25-05-2010 12:33am

This reminded me of a video of a bird strike at manchester on youtube that I saw a few months back.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hTyv8f-_8Mw

Andrew33 · 25-05-2010 5:47am

Jammyc wrote: »

This reminded me of a video of a bird strike at manchester on youtube that I saw a few months back.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hTyv8f-_8Mw

This vid is a fake.

pclancy · 25-05-2010 7:05am

It does not appear to be fake.

Andrew33 · 25-05-2010 8:09am

pclancy wrote: »

It does not appear to be fake.

I'm not 100% sure but I think it was found to be "not quite what it seems"

View Profile · 25-05-2010 8:32am

Seems pretty real with the ATC audio and the fire trucks at the end.

Jammyc · 25-05-2010 9:06am

If it is a fake, amateur filmmakers should take a few notes.

rob88 · 25-05-2010 10:49am

Andrew33 wrote: »

This vid is a fake.

LOL, how'd you come to that conclusion?

Andrew33 · 25-05-2010 11:09am

rob88 wrote: »

LOL, how'd you come to that conclusion?

Apologies to all, I just glanced at it and confused it with a similar one on youtube which was proven to be a dud.
I must pay attention in class.
I must pay attention in class.
I must pay attention in class.
I must pay att............zzzzz.

nag · 25-05-2010 11:20am

Andrew33 wrote: »

This vid is a fake.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/manchester/6606375.stm

edit: whoops, didn't see your retraction in time mate. All is forgiven

Su Campu · 26-05-2010 8:33am

That video was originally shot by respected enthusiast Simon Lowe and was first posted on Flightlevel350 long before it appeared on Youtube.

Andrew33 · 26-05-2010 9:01am

Su Campu wrote: »

That video was originally shot by respected enthusiast Simon Lowe and was first posted on Flightlevel350 long before it appeared on Youtube.

I love your "respected enthusiast"
What does that make the rest of us?:D

Minor birdstrike today at Connaught

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