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A visitor from Brazil posted Wed August 12, 2009: Hey! I finally saw an emergency door open, thanks and congratulations for this picture!
A visitor from United Kingdom posted Wed November 19, 2008: Great photo but I think 'hard landing' is an understatement
A visitor from New Zealand posted Wed November 19, 2008: Replacement parts shouldn't be a problem for these dime-a-dozen types! :p probably a write-off with rear spar damage
A visitor from United States posted Tue November 18, 2008: Very lucky outcome. To answer the question below, the birdstrikes disabled both engines, while at a low altitude/low airspeed. The crew did a hell of a job getting this plane on the ground safely.
A visitor from United Kingdom posted Tue November 18, 2008: The plane was on a normal approach when first flock of birds struck.the pilot elected to go around but then hit another flock of birds loosing the rewmaining engine. He then successfully landed on the remainder of the runway . Great job
A visitor from Brazil posted Tue November 18, 2008: They had a power off at both engines Looooot of birds
A visitor from Netherlands posted Tue November 18, 2008: I believe she was on final approach when she got a single birdstike in one of the engines, pilots decided to make a go around, but then almost immediateley she got another multiple birdstrike including at least one bird in the other engine; so now both engines were flamed out and completing the go-around was no longer an option, so they had to put her down straight away and it was pretty rough. The left landing gear was put under such big stress that it pierced through the wing, as you can see, and on other pics of this unlucky aircraft you can see multiple bloody spots (on the nose, on the leading edges left and right) where those birdsmet their Waterloo.
A visitor from Canada posted Tue November 18, 2008: Wow looks like the lesft main landing gear went right through the wing, that must have been some hard landing. last time i checked ostriches don't fly?
A visitor from United States posted Tue November 18, 2008: How does a birdstrike equal this?
A visitor from Italy posted Tue November 18, 2008: Look at the top of the wing... sure they felt it, ouch!
A visitor from Netherlands posted Tue November 18, 2008: Very detailed photo; you can even see the red dot's of the bird on the leading edge of the wing. I only wonder what has happened exactly

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