Zipair 787-8 Bird strike at San Jose Mineta 4/3/2024

[@farr5431]

Atc still has no idea what the pilot said

[@caliplanes]

Lol

[@pattir9591]

I swear Sal, you are always in the right place at the right time! Good catch!!

[@river_dance_500]

Hey Patti yes he is❤❤

[@Emirates_A380]

Sal 🙌Bryan_SFO

[@victormendivil359]

Right Place ! Right Time !!! Congrats Sal !!!

[@PaddySpain_3010]

Around 10-13 seconds in - The bird was on the Take-off roll - we originally thought it was the one in the air!

[@miller-joel]

"Uh...do you need any assistance or anything?" "Nah. F that bird."

[@caliplanes]

Haha

[@Bravo2Zulu]

If I were those Zippy pilots. I would've returned to the airport no matter what. Good job Sal.

[@Emirates_A380]

No return no refund. Bryan _ SFO

[@kingbobofengland]

That’s cool.Thanks for notifying

[@sanmateoflights]

Cool catch Sal !!

[@boredmonkeh]

So what’d I miss?

[@caliplanes]

Hello friend

[@TheGospelQuartetParadise]

Sounded like he said they had a bottle strike. If it was a bird strike it musta been a hummingbird.

[@shawndye7751]

Yeah it did sound like that

[@Silverwingsaviation]

The bird was never ingested into the engine You can see that the bird went under the engine . Pilots view thought maybe they hit a bird.

[@jimw1615]

A little faster speech along with a slurred accent and this flight crew wouldn't have to speak with anyone. If one cannot speak clearly, they should at least speak slowly.

[@nancy.lauderdale]

Such a beautiful bird, ZipAir 💚🤍🩶

[@miller-joel]

Birds call this an "airplane strike."

[@caliplanes]

Lol

[@Deionburns114]

Woah 😮

[@Deionburns114]

@FishingPlanetMobile64 look At the video and you will see.

[@marymahakian6478]

Wow!! Talk about being at the right place at the right time AGAIN!!!!!!

[@nancy.lauderdale]

Say a 🙏 for 🐦

[@caliplanes]

A minute of silence

[@NeetasDishes]

Hi Sal woh 😮

[@caliplanes]

Hello friend!

[@NeetasDishes]

Nice sharing friend

[@NeetasDishes]

Friend I saw the video multiple times and it flew below the wing and it did not hit.

[@lmjr400]

He didn’t understand what he said .. a bottle strike

[@SkyHighGOAT]

wow😊

[@carlitosanderson6825]

ATC did not appear to be interested or to respond!! What the He@@!

[@caliplanes]

I don't think he understood, me either at first

[@jwade94544]

Well at least it didnt go inside the engines

[@caliplanes]

Seems like it hit the landing gear

[@jwade94544]

It did from the front the engine would of back fired​@@caliplanes

[@Dad_Brad]

it wasn’t the engine, he hit the wheels and dropped dead I think

[@caliplanes]

Yes I from what I see it hit the wheel

[@fxhomie1]

Pilot sounded Italian, at the controls of a Japanese airliner.