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Howard in reply to @chez_jay

If it was a single bird strike test, or even a flock, the engine wouldn't have eaten itself.

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efb in reply to @Howard

I was not directly involved, but pre-production testing of engines did involve firing various sized frozen birds into a running engine suspended within a test bed. I have seen examples of uncontained [fan blade penetrating engine casing] failures as a result of these tests.

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Howard in reply to @efb

Sure, smaller and non commercial use jets are probably less interested in bird strike survivability. Trent 900, not so much.

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