SHOCKING HUD VIDEO of U.S. Navy T-45C Goshawk Bird Strike and Crash

The heads-up display (HUD) video from a T-45C Goshawk attached to Training Squadron (VT) 22 in Kingsville, Texas, shows the cockpit view as the aircraft ingests a large bird and crashes during its descent toward a runway at Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base Fort Worth.
#navy #fighter #crash

[@Tom-lh2ki]

Both pilots managed to eject. One pilot was found burned, tangled in the powerlines with his parachute. The other was found in a nearby neighborhood. Three homes were damaged with no one seriously injured. Both aviators were injured but have since fully recovered.

[@livingfortheonewhodiedform4418]

Not what the video of the crash showed... kzbin.info/www/bejne/fZDLi4B_YtGUaLs

[@TumbleTrashOfficial]

not what I was expecting to read, but glade I did.

[@lubey111]

Any news on the bird? Its chances probably aren't good of making it through a jet engine alive but you never know.

[@hardcorehunter9438]

@@lubey111 who cares ...

[@mongolikechewchew2475]

Thank God no fatalities!

[@bdanielcal4608]

Freaking birds they can see a French fry from a mile a way can't see a big ass plane right in front of them

[@garycherwonick8429]

Birds of prey often regard aircraft as rivals invading their hunting ground and go into attack mode…so one bird guru told us during Pilot Training in Moose Jaw p, Saskatchewan. There were numerous Hawks in the area patrolling and hunting gophers and mice in the wide open farmland surrounding the base. In a single-engine jet at low altitude not much time to ponder “the decision” if a bird takes the engine out.

[@TheMrMused]

To be fair, french fries aren't doing 150kn.

[@skyhawk61]

Just saw this video..my 2 cents... back 1961 in my last phase of flight training flying the F11F. Was my 3rd flight of the syllabus and was doing touch and go's. On my 2nd go around as I lifted off about 200' or so a bird decided to nest in the right intake. I just had a glimpse as it passed down the right side of the cockpit. Didn't think anything at first until I noticed that there was a loss of power as the aircraft leveled off at about 500'. Checked my EGT and saw it was almost pegged. I reduced throttle to reduce the EGT and was able to maintain level flight wings level. Declared emergency and tried to start a downwind turn (with usual 20-20 bank angle)but was starting to lose altitude so I reduced bank angle to maintain level flight and continued a wide turn to come around for landing. During this process I considered ejecting but the seat was the old milspec seat which required at least 1000'to eject safely. Continued on to a safe after nursing the EGT to remain in safe(?) limits. Engine flamed out a few seconds after touching down. Rolled out to a taxiway and shutdown. After deplaning I looked into the right intake and saw that the bird carcass was plastered from the 7 to 11 o'clock position. Later on was told that 11 of the 13 stages had been destroyed. Completed my flight training in Dec'61 without further incidents.

[@hulusiserdaryldrm8854]

what a interesting story... i'd like to listen your other stories as well

[@nighle160]

This is why houses near the airport are a little cheaper.

[@jed52]

Lol Pretty sure it has more to do with the noise than the possibility of a plane crashing. Just like house next to train tracks are cheaper.

[@fredword4866]

@@jed52 paying 28 hundred a month right to the train station

[@leifcatt]

To me it's amazing that with all of our technology, FAA radio communications sound like a broken drive-thru speaker from the 50"s.

[@BoleDaPole]

It's amazing that we even have this footage to begin with.

[@Mozart1220]

That's what I was thinking. I had CB radios in the 70's that were MUCH clearer. Also, why do we spend millions on complicated computerized weapons systems when all we have to do is release a flock of crows into an enemy's flight path?

[@bankangle3519]

Analog radios are extremely reliable, in critical communications, we cannot depend on a processor doing data decoding, there is no room for failure

[@ad2181]

Its worse when the Air Traffic Controller (ATC) is barking orders fast or slurring his words.

[@ElectricMonkeyPants]

@@Mozart1220 this aircraft is from the 90s and has only one engine making it pretty susceptible to bird strikes. Fourth generation fighters are much more resilient to bird strikes.

[@Bootradr]

I live right under where this happened. I was listening on my Icom R30 to the T-45 coming in to Navy Fort Worth. I wasn't paying close attention but I thought I heard the word emergency mentioned so I ran over and hit the record button. I was getting ready to leave the house at the time and then I heard two booms. What I think that was was the ejection seats doing their job. The crash happened a quarter mile from my house but yet I didn't hear that ironically. I wish I could post the short audio clip I filmed off the radio later in this reply but that's not possible. It was a lot cleaner audio than what's in the video. But I never expected to see this cockpit video. The trainer pilot was injured but not terribly bad. I heard the patient report as he was CareFlite'ed to a local hospital. But the trainee parachuted down into power lines and was much more severely hurt. Thankfully they both live though. It happened on September 19th, 2021.

[@dino3162]

Can you upload the audio? Im interested 😊

[@saito125]

@@dino3162 Same here, if possible..

[@MarsMatrix6744]

I think most are uninterested in the quality but would like to hear it.

[@TheNapalmFTW]

It's saved to the internal memory on the R30 probably

[@lipt4040]

Hey Any update ?

[@Jabber-ig3iw]

Shows how lucky the British Red Arrows pilot was a few weeks back with his bird strike in essentially the same aircraft, that was at even lower altitude during a display, bird came through the canopy, hit the pilots helmet dislodging his mask but luckily no immediate damage to the engine and he was able to land at a nearby airfield.

[@BigWheelHawaii]

What You Are Missing In The "Red Arrow" Crash,,, Simple,,,, Excess Air-Speed,,,,

[@namedropper9237]

This is a prime example of aviate, navigate, communicate. Those T-45’s don’t generate a lot of lift leaving the crew with very little time to process the situation & take action.

[@Petefx86]

Scary footage. For those who can't eject from a doomed aircraft, this is the last thing a pilot sees...

[@hondacrxrus]

only military has that option, civilian and commercial have to make the best, unless your doing aerobatics then you would have a parachute if your flying with someone.

[@Tamomsivr]

They ejected

[@Th3Butcher76]

They ejected and both survived

[@gajiraanorimaki]

@@Tamomsivr yes 👍 and plane last seconds fractions lost any control how we can see

[@troo_story]

@@hondacrxrus really, never knew that. 🙄

[@mattz1230]

Pilot declares emergency. Tower proceeds to ramble uselessly for the remainder of the flight, blocking out the pilot's attempt to communicate critical data before an explosive departure from the radio net.

[@ascherlafayette8572]

Yeah, I bet the tower would've been quiet if the pilot said "we've lost power and cannot make the runway"

[@BullGator-kd6ge]

0:45 Yep, that’s me. You’re probably wondering how I got into this situation.

[@rnzoli]

0:45 the most passionate "SHHITT!!!!" I have ever heard...

[@spencertournade919]

Glad they're OK.... Incredible how quickly that escalated

[@patrickunderwood5662]

Glad these guys are okay. Hey, birds LOVE airports. Absolutely love them. If you are a birdwatcher, put the parallel runways of Centennial Airport, KAPA, Englewood Colorado, on your bucket list. Other things that love airports: tall radio towers and factory chimneys.

[@skinnyflea2628]

Seen plenty at KAPA. Those red tail hawks love it there.

[@Napswhilewatchin]

I hate it, when a radio tower flies into my plane.

[@patrickunderwood5662]

@@skinnyflea2628 Exactly! They look so beautiful up close.

[@AnotherPilot1]

Geese love to fly over the Mississippi River at night, too. I collected one of those in a Duchess a few years ago...and they didn't even have position lights.

[@taelius2663]

I know all to well about Centennial Airport (KAPA) and birds. I have to pay attention in the Denver metro a lot more than usual because of those winged heathens.

[@simonhughes-king]

Even the slippery looking T45 just has zero energy when on the backside of the curve. As soon as the bird hit I was looking at where I thought the plane might actually be able to glide to, but I was out by a factor of two at least. Those heavy military jets really do fly on the engine.

[@alexsix3845]

I am surprised by the controler talking too much, instead of just reduce the comms to minimum and let the crew dealing with the situation

[@rogue1rogue187]

Dude couldve declared a Mayday

[@timhancock6626]

@@rogue1rogue187 Aviate, Navigate, Communicate. I don't think they had time for 2 or 3 so it was Aviate........oh Shitulate, Ejeculate I expect.

[@lebojay]

@@rogue1rogue187 He said “emergency.” Same thing. Anyway, no harm done. The pilot did the right thing and just ignored him. Not sure about the people in that house, though.

[@Rocket_Flyer]

@@rogue1rogue187 they did

[@CaptainRonAhoy]

Whether the controller became completely silent or not would have done nothing in this situation.

[@Brightmarine95]

Thats almost identical to the F-16 video a bird strike at the exact same runway. Lockheed on one side and NAS Carswell on the other side. I retired out of that base back in 2012.

[@sidv4615]

can you provide a link for that video? can't find it anywhere on YT

[@jrftworth]

No F-16 has ever crashed at this base due to a bird strike.

[@davidgaston7334]

Man kinda amazing how quickly they lost their speed and starting dropping. Figured you'd be able to glide these trainers a little bit more than that.

[@LongTran-em6hc]

At this point, I think they are in landing configuration.

[@rnzoli]

actually, that was AFTER they both ejected. If you look at the speed, they had about 137 kts, and they glided with 118 kts for several seconds afterwards. Then they eject one by one, and when the last pilot is ejected, the aircraft noses over, still at around 120 kts.

[@DrkPhenix-gm9dq]

They were landing so the speed was really low. You can see their speed was at around 145mph. So, its basically at the stall speed with low throttle level.

[@Herezjush]

He is quite close to stalling speed, flaps and gear out, he also was quite lower than he should, you can see on HUD hirizontal lines, first one is 5 degrees, glide slope is 3 degrees, do this mean that touchdown point should be on between middle, and first line. You can see that the start od runway is way to high on hus HUD - event if he would be on correct GS - he would not make IT. But he would have altitude to trade for airspeed się he could manouver the plane into empty space rsther than home

[@ripgfa]

They were already in full landing confirmation with gear and flaps out so when they lost engines all that drag slowed them way down.

[@xfirehurican]

Kimpo approach, 1980. USMC C-130R. Large bird took out the pilot side windshield. Didn’t fully penetrate the glass but man, it was a mess. Two extra days in S. Korea!👍

[@PeterMuskrat6968]

Was it at least fun in South Korea?🙂

[@BCABPP]

Thats gotta be such a difficult choice to eject over a residential area like that - wow...

[@captainarcher5205]

It’s crazy that a bird can take down a jet.

[@jasonconrad7664]

No it's not. A large bird going through a jet engine can do incredible damage. In a single engine jet like the Goshawk, 1 engine + 1 bird = bad day.

[@greenmonkey7305]

Technology exists to avoid this but it is ungodly costly. An average jet engine would cost nearly a third times as much of its original price for this technology if it were utilized. It’s just too damn expensive. I believe Rolls-Royce designed a jet engine around a decade ago that was 100% virtually indestructible from ice, any debris, birdstrike or anything else shy of large pieces of metal entering the turbo fans. The engine also cost around $18 million more as well.

[@14goldmedals]

It is crazy. Engineers can't design a screen or grille of some kind to stop a large bird carcass without reducing airflow too much?

[@Mozart1220]

Ask Captain Sully. ;)

[@michaeldemorest1970]

What’s amazing and beguiling is that, if you’ve ever watched Boeing, or other companies testing out their engines, they throw huge frozen birds through them and nothing breaks and the engines keep working fine. What’s the difference? I don’t know. Someone please explain. Thanks

[@Incah2036]

Shiiiit, seeing a dense neighborhood like that on short/extended final makes me nervous for this exact reason

[@user-yo8ab1ys9e]

Other birds are probably wondering where the fuck Fred went

[@gregspohn1236]

More info is needed. Wbere is the news story for this incident?

[@shevetlevi2821]

When I was still a current private pilot I had taken off from Martha's Vineyard Airport (MVY) in a Cessna 172. It was a daytime flight and the weather was clear. I was climbing out at about 400 ft. agl when about ten feet down and to my left a red-tailed hawk went by on an opposing heading. It was just a split second but we both gave each other a Whiskey-Tango-Foxtrot look. A half pound pigeon can take down a small plane. These hawks can weigh 4 pounds. Whatever his speed was added to my 75 mph on climbout would've been a really bad outcome for me. G-d had mercy on me that day.

[@mk6315]

It’s spelled God With an O

[@HeebieKikeberger1025]

Amazing video.

[@muzmason3064]

Shows just how tricky life can be on approach!

[@chemicalbrucey157]

Not much speed or altitude to play with if something goes wrong

[@larrywiggin3489]

My old squadron flew the A-3D Skywarrior, the pilots would to say that it had the glide ratio that was of that a rock, no ejection seats earned the nickname of all 3 dead unless you were at altitude, if so there was a egress way down a ramp on the bottom of the fuselage, if you weren’t at altitude there was a upper hatch if you went into drink on a cold cat shot, then you had better be out of the way of the carrier!

[@RedSiegfried]

Incoherent, but cool story.

[@normadamous]

Yeah, the a3 was a whole lot of wrong idea. It seemed at its best as a tanker, but they were just trying to give it a purpose. It was ridiculous to have a carrier born aircraft without ejection seats

[@edwardweeden8837]

Larry, as you know, they don’t call it a WHALE for nothing!

[@edwardweeden8837]

@@normadamous In my day CODs / Greyhounds did not have Ejection Seats either…

[@andrewmalcolm5904]

Is ATC less garbled for the pilots? Can’t understand anything they’re saying

[@per_scep_tivegamer879]

Pilots got super hearing & eyes.

[@Hallands.]

Is it necessary to make the approach so low, you’re dependent on the engine to reach the runway? Couldn’t approaches - at least for one engine jets - be from a higher altitude, ensuring that you can make it to the runway, albeit at an uncomfortably steep angle?

[@auwz66]

That bird was like.... yo homies I am going to do a back flip right in front of this plane... his mates were like "dont do it kevin!"... 2 seconds later "watch this"

[@RicardoSanchez-es5wl]

Why do planes fall like a rock instead of gliding when they lose power?

[@Tattlebot]

May a viewer please explain the audio alarm sequence?

[@StattsOG]

Do we know the date of this incident?

[@mediamagikgroup]

September 19, 2021.

[@StattsOG]

@@mediamagikgroup Thank you.

[@billsanders5067]

Where did this happen?

[@mediamagikgroup]

Fort Worth, TX last month.

[@billsanders5067]

@@mediamagikgroup Thanks

[@flight_simnew4870]

Unfortunately, such a phenomenon as meeting birds and getting them into the air intake (Low pressure compressor) is not uncommon.It's good that the pilots are alive.

[@CN-ug8sy]

Now I gotta go watch top gun again😤

[@rle737ng]

So, did the student get an "up" or "down" for the hop?

[@robburgundy9539]

not much time I get it but the first thing I was hoping for was “dont put it in the houses”. Thankfully nobody was killed.

[@jasonsong86]

Luckily, nobody was killed.

[@LongTran-em6hc]

They don't have much option

[@Willybird567]

The power of one bird, who needs an army..

[@paolotorres8537]

We could essentially use birds to down Russian aircraft. They won't know what hit them

[@TheFox2racing]

😅😆😁🤪👍😎

[@yigitatli]

Looks like the aircraft went down on a residential area. Any further information? Ground casualties?

[@ChuckMahon]

When was this mishap?

[@mediamagikgroup]

8/19/22

[@Yay295]

@@mediamagikgroup 2021

[@jimr7154]

Wow That went south quickly Hopefully no one was injured or worse

[@j2kerrigan]

Well when you lose power on a single engine jet traveling at low speed and low altitude Im not surprised it dropped like a brick. Kinda crazy to see the view all the way up until the leaves hit the canopy.

[@ScarlettJFG]

Both Pilots were injured, but have recovered. No one was hurt on the ground but there was property damage as you can imagine.

[@toupac3195]

Landing at the wreckage after ejecting says a lot about reaction skills.

[@TonVerkleijT3]

Instructor initiated ejection. Student pilot was seriously injured when his canopy MDC cord failed to fire. Instructor pilot suffered only minor injuries

[@kuiper921]

Hope both were able to fly again

[@TheFox2racing]

Wow!!! 😰😢

[@LEVELGAZANOW]

I had not heard about the MDC cord not firing in the front seat. Every Harrier/T-45 pilots innate apprehension is having “deck cord” 4 inches from your melon.

[@mikehawk120]

We def do miss goose

[@ElectricMonkeyPants]

This is not true. Both ejection sequences happened without a hitch. The student was injured by a fire that started on his flight gear when current from a power line travelled through the parachute risers down to him. Fortunately he recovered and is flying jets again.

[@ciaranhanvey501]

Hope the crew landed safely after ejection...

[@desertfoxleo]

They did, luckily. Both are OK.

[@OfficialSamuelC]

They did.

[@wvking]

The plane crashed in someone’s backyard

[@jacobbaumgardner3406]

I had a feeling that was in Texas. That approach looked all too familiar.

[@GeorgeSmiley77]

Why do almost all the comments say "edited"?

[@Nurhaal]

Actually saw this happen moments after the crash. It crashed in Lake Worth subdivision a few blocks from my old house, awfully close to one of the schools (Howry Middle School as well as the old Hopkins Intermediate are very close to where the aircraft went down). Lol ironically I work there on Carswell base and uh... had n interesting drive home moments later. Word got out real fast that everyone was OK. The one pilot got super lucky in regards to the powerlines but was fine and for the homes, the Hawk fell pretty much in the back yards. I don't even recall anyone being home at the time, if I remember the neighbor chatter.

[@julesviolin]

Why is the comms so bad? Hopefull more audible in their headsets ??

[@patsyroberts3967]

The big arrow in the last few seconds!!

[@UrikKane]

Do I understand correctly, that the last violent pitch-down move was caused by the ejection force that basically pushed the nose down?

[@JackB_Music]

Combination of the Pilot releasing the stick which will be almost fully aft with aircraft in a stall causing rapid nose down and what you said yes.

[@PJHEATERMAN]

Oh shit !!! Is right. Pushed it over into the area that looked like it had no houses. Cool under pressure.

[@Elczampo]

wow the hud information is almost 1:1 as in hornet i had to check how t45 looks and its closer to a4 than hornet yet their hud looks identical ,aswell that stall was unexpected thanks god both pilots survived

[@USMCArchAngel03]

I always wondered what Charlie Brown's parents did for a living. Now I know they worked in ATC.

[@doxielain2231]

That poor bird, minding it's own business.

[@427SuperSnake1]

When the name of your plane has a bird in it and you ingest a bird…

[@steve1978ger]

worst turducken ever

[@TBagr]

That’s why you never want to live in the flight path of an airport

[@greggsevern3277]

So close to hitting that house. Whoa

[@gregeconomeier1476]

It all happens so fast!

[@danbudd1046]

Oh God I am so grateful that no one has lasting injuries or have experiences any.

[@MycketTuff]

The bird though :'(

[@bjrnchrstn]

Hows the bird doing?

[@Drainslime]

Recovering a little embarrassed

[@Shaun137]

I think its flying days are over as it was a bit (Pl)ucked up after.

[@abandonedaccount123]

were there any injuries? (besides the bird, of course)

[@jasonsong86]

I believe the pilot survived after ejection.

[@davidgaston7334]

One of the two pilots got hung up in powerlines and suffered some gnarly burns, last I heard he's on the mend though. No other injuries.

[@OfficialSamuelC]

Both ejected and survived.

[@marklimbrick]

Surprised the birds show up at that combined speed and frame rate. Eject saves lives. Old guy locally had engine hiccup on final approach in ww2 plane. With flaps and stuff deployed it cannot glide at all neither can he bale out.

[@AV4Life]

Damn that escalated fast

[@rstang281]

The Navy report says they went down in a empty field, the video looks more like someone’s backyard.

[@caleb7631]

different plane, this video is like a year old

[@Maxumized]

Yeah, I hope no one on the ground was injured

[@ojsefg]

The bird: It was at this moment, he knew he fucked up.

[@makantahi3731]

the best place to have house is in approach line of airport

[@hotliner2872]

And that, my friends, is why I fly RC. You can do everything right, and then a Russian crow happens along. Stuff happens, and not every plane has ejection seats. And even if you do, you could land in your own planes burning remains (these pilots did not, but it must have crossed their minds, they were close). Kudos to the pilots for handling a difficult situation well. And Re: RC... besides not getting killed, I also enjoy a 5:1 or greater thrust to weight ratio. And carry 20 Gs without issue. Try that F-22 (don't even try F-35).

[@sheldonholy5047]

Weird comment. I fly RC too and enjoy it but flying real planes is not comparable. Both hobbies involve things that fly, but that's it. Most of the things you do in aviation are centered around managing and reducing risks. A typical GA aircraft isn't jet powered and won't be downed by a bird. It might ruin your day but won't kill you.

[@beardedbarnstormer9577]

tell me youre lame without telling me

[@samseven5260]

Stunning comparison.

[@JakeAvatar1]

Such a relief when I saw the flash and smoke from ejection. Talk about pucker factor

[@MycketTuff]

Only to end up in a power line instead What a day that guy had

[@conorlauren]

Anybody who has ever hit a deer knows this feeling.

[@ddbrock9675]

Damned near hit one just the other day. Missed him by a foot if that. It’ll make your butthole pucker 😆😆😆

[@mediamagikgroup]

I doubt that most people who hit deer then have to eject and land in power lines and be electrocuted!

[@timhancock6626]

Just engage the SA ( Santa Avoidance) pod to avoid deer at height. Its a once a year requirement.

[@unclebob4964]

…..one of the dumbest replies I’ve ever read !

[@manhalen7046]

How?

[@adr1uno638]

Does anybody know if there was the people inside the house ?

[@alcabrera3648]

No one was hurt on the ground

[@jrftworth]

If I remember correctly from the local news reports, the residents of that house were home. The aircraft debris hit the opposite side of the house they were in.

[@brianwilkins5673]

KSAT?

[@Maxumized]

I saw three birds, the last one was definitely not the early bird

[@KevinKJohn]

You can hear bitchin' Betty right there at the end too. Crazy stuff.

[@brook280]

Not sure what's worse, the approach or the strike🤔

[@stankfaust814]

was the bird ok?

[@azeoprop]

Never buy a house on the extended line of a runway.

[@WatchMann3]

American ATC's really are the worst in emergency situations. Just shut up and let the pilot inform you instead of asking 3 million unnecessary questions. Pilot in this video didn't even get the time to say they were going down.

[@bro9479]

Their job is to offer assistance. We as pilots like that. Thats the whole point of declaring an emergency. If ATC just says "Deal with it, not my problem", that wouldn't be particularly helpful. If I'm in an emergency and have the bandwidth to listen, I will, otherwise I'll focus on the problem on hand.

[@WatchMann3]

@@bro9479 true but the controller was just asking a lot of questions while the only thing he should be saying is 'cleared to land, trucks are rolling'.

[@Noneyobusiness7822]

Surprised that our enemies don’t just train birds to target aircraft

[@Simfight]

They also just released security camera footage. Both pilots were fine.

[@davidgaston7334]

One was hung up in powerlines and suffered burns, wouldn't call that fine lol

[@starman4346]

@@davidgaston7334 better than dead.

[@MsPanther]

Not the same crash.

[@cup_and_cone]

That's a different crash. This is Fort Worth, not Orange Grove.

[@viperdriver82]

What a badmind bird …dip into the engine at the last second

[@alouiciousjackson5812]

That is a very stupid place to have houses built

[@franksergiovanni1981]

Why can’t there be a screen in front of the intake, that allows air into the engine but not objects?

[@enesfazlic6017]

Man How a multi million dollar fighter jet gets brought down by a one small bird. Not even a group of birds. Just one bird. You can see in the video its just one bird. Thats insane. A no casualties.

[@domingodeanda233]

Did the bird take them out?

[@martinleicht5911]

Was the bird current ?? 🤔

[@danr3469]

Still don't understand, with all the advancement in flight why the radio sound like a tin can and string

[@FirstNameLastName-qx8ii]

Miracle nobody was killed

[@thatguy7085]

I saw the first… always a second, never fly below them

[@robertphillips3992]

YIKES!

[@achillesavendano5267]

Im a big fan of the Goshawk. Its a beutiful lookin bird. Sad when you loose one to such small odjects. Kingsville TX.......is Goshawk country. VT 21 / VT22.

[@VENZUL0]

Am I the only one who was surprised to see that a Goshawk could so easily be taken down by a living hawk? I realize it was on approach and thus slower speed, but aren't approach and take-off the moments that are most vulnerable to birds? And wouldn't a training jet spend most of it's time below 3000 ft or at least be in this vulnable zone, more often than a normal in-service jet, practicing landing and take-offs? There must be a way to maintain optimal "bird ingestion" capabilities while slowing for approach. Maybe the airspeed had nothing to do with it but this seems like a design flaw to me.

[@bigbuilder10]

Bird density is highest within 2 - 3 thousand feet of the ground but birds are also present at 10’s of thousands of feet. The difference between a low altitude bird strike vs high altitude (assuming a major casualty like engine loss) is at high altitude and/or high airspeed, you have more glide time to try restarting the engine, looking for places to land, et c. Due to the speed the turbine blades spin at, no matter the size of the object ingested, there will be damage or failure of blades that can lead to engine loss (either contained or uncontained). I’d think piston driven aircraft are some what more resilient to engine loss caused by bird strikes since the blades are thicker, but more importantly, rotating significantly slower. Plus the pistons are shielded by the propeller. Although the propeller blades, relative to the bird, would be nearly perpendicular compared to turbine blades. Meaning more surface area the bird impacts

[@wileymarm0t]

Amazing how fast the goshawk becomes a flying brick after the bird strike. Glad that they were able to walk away from that “landing”. I hope nobody was home in the house the plane struck.

[@jonasbaine3538]

They were already flying very slow

[@WayPastCrazy2525]

I'm not sure they walked away. Pilot was injured, student hit power lines and was seriously injured. That's what i read from another account anyway.

[@timhancock6626]

One of the RAF Red Arrows aerobatic display team had a bird strike at low level in the very similar BAE Hawk at Rhyll airshow a month ago. He kept it going and diverted safely to the BAE factory at Broughton about twenty miles away. I think the engine either survives a bird strike or doesn't. Either way, at low level in landing configuration all the dice are against you if you lose thrust.

[@Holeyguagaamoley]

The instructor kept the nose up after the bird strike losing all airspeed stalling and tumbling out the sky. Why not push forward right away to maintain speed and control?

[@Brokkolesz]

Because on short final you're not much above stall speed anyways. With all your thrust going out and flaps full gear out its literally a brick. They knew they are not going to make it (they even said it) and if they don't make it anyways, at least they can try to save some altitude - which is key to a safer ejection. Which is what they did, and punched out seconds later. Short final engine out above a residential area is a death sentence without an ejection seat.

[@donaldclark8692]

This is why all Primary jet trainers need 2 engines.

[@cup_and_cone]

As many departure/arrival bird strikes that happen in USAF T-38's, just wait until the T-7 replaces the fleet...

[@mgtowacademy8433]

Lol Boeing really was smart-they might get one new order per bird strike!

[@ray32245mv]

I've always felt the same, but some have noted that many twins have only one engine driving hydraulics, etc, not full redundancy. I dont know how this plays out dirtied up for landing. Maybe some thrust and even one more minute of usable hydraulic pressure could pay dividends in getting to the runway, or having more choice of where to ditch it.

[@per_scep_tivegamer879]

That could complicate the training with asymmetric thrust issues if its the usual side by side placement. Over & under might be a fix but i am no engineer.

[@EncrypticMethods]

"Pull up!" *I JUST CAN'T DO IT CAPTAIN! I DON'T HAVE THE POWER!*

[@gxlxn]

Disadvantage of one engine aircraft. Jet plane without thrust turns into brick realy fast.

[@chrisdickinson7949]

Unfortunately, people on the ground do not have an ejection seat, hope no one was hurt & their possessions insured

[@bernardanderson3758]

You always stay prepared for anything but bird strikes comes from any directions

[@camo8768]

Generally not from the rear.