Boeing 737-329 - Germania | Aviation Photo #1589920

Anonymous

14 years ago

Yesss !!! Five stars!

Anonymous

14 years ago

Dear stefan, really nice picture of this birds! like this pic very much. greetings.

Anonymous

14 years ago

Gets my vote for PC, and 5 stars. Everything is happening here, incl the FO peering out at what's happening!! Brilliant!!
Spencer.

Anonymous

14 years ago

Absolutely 5* for this one! You were at the correct place at the correct time to capture a truly dramatic moment not only for the poor little birds!

Anonymous

14 years ago

What a mess. Well captured Stefan, this will be an iconic picture forever!

Anonymous

14 years ago

My photographer's choice, no question. Caught the moment perfectly. As they say... "f/8 and be there".
Alberto R, NYC

Anonymous

14 years ago

An awesome moment in aviation, you got a real winner here!

Anonymous

14 years ago

Stunning, well done!

Andrew
LA

Anonymous

14 years ago

At the right place on the right time for the fotographer but the birds... Congrats Stefan, a 1st place winner! Regards, Frank frm BUE - E01
ps: I imagined the FO saying Eject! Eject! They were really lucky

Anonymous

14 years ago

Absolutely incredible. You will remember this photo forever. Talk about timing!!! *****

Anonymous

14 years ago

Dinner is served

Anonymous

14 years ago

New Desktop

Anonymous

14 years ago

I saw this picture on the day it happened. i guess yuo posted it to some newspaer website. Dailytimes i guess on Sept 30th.

Anonymous

14 years ago

Statistically speaking, DUS had over 200 bird strikes in a day, probably can make it to the guinness world record!

Anonymous

14 years ago

An instant in time the pilots and wary passengers will remember for the rest of their lives ...
poor birds ... they have no chance against this big baby :-)
photo well taken ... thanx for sharing

Anonymous

14 years ago

WOW...Fantastic shot...Really 5*
Farid

Anonymous

14 years ago

Excellent capture of a, fortunately rare, event.

Anonymous

14 years ago

Considering the speed of the aircraft at that time, let's say 120-140 kt, I just wonder if the FO saw it happen or not. Excellent capture anyway.

Anonymous

14 years ago

Nature photography at its best... the survivors probably needed psychological treatment;)

Anonymous

14 years ago

Your pic was published in "Bild" Newspaper last week!

Anonymous

14 years ago

Nice picture

Anonymous

14 years ago

Very very good work. Excellent capture of such event. Glad they made it safely back, that it not a minor strike!
This will be a textbook picture for many presentation and articles on birdstrike. Keep your mailbox insight :)

Anonymous

14 years ago

Poor animals, thanks god nothing happened to the plane.

From Argentina

Anonymous

14 years ago

Must be the picture of 2009!
Bird vs bird!

5*****

Anonymous

14 years ago

An increbible shot if only the U.S Airways fligt on the hudson in jan.....

Anonymous

14 years ago

Great documentary shot - excellent work!

Anonymous

14 years ago

WOW!! Incredible! =D

Anonymous

14 years ago

Very nice shot indeed. Not the best day for the birds but your timing was just perfect.

Anonymous

14 years ago

Congratulations to that "once in a lifetime" shot, which even the yellow press in Germany gave attention. Hope the reward was not bad. ;-)

Anonymous

14 years ago

FODs, every pilots nightmare..

Anonymous

14 years ago

Great shot, you caught what could have potentially been a disaster. 5 stars!

Anonymous

14 years ago

Amazing pic.

From Pristina/Kosovo

Anonymous

14 years ago

Looks like the first office was looking straight at you while you were capturing the moment!

Anonymous

14 years ago

WOW! No words!
Perfect

Anonymous

14 years ago

When i saw the thumbnail i thought , "oh it's just an illusion - the birds are probably in the foreground" you can actually see bird remains being thrown from the engine . I can imagine the pilots' thoughts an instant before this event... "uh oh...we're gonna have to turn back..... "

Anonymous

14 years ago

I saw that picture some days ago on the news. Great shot !

Anonymous

14 years ago

Great once in a lifetime shot!!

Anonymous

14 years ago

Poor birds but... AMAZING SHOT! Five stars!

Anonymous

14 years ago

What comes out we call "Hühnerfrikassee" in Germany ;)

Anonymous

14 years ago

5 Stars easily! A shot well done! I would keep the email Inbox open because they will beat your door down for that shot!!! Great work and great poise! IMO, that could be the shot of the year right there folks.

Anonymous

14 years ago

Uh-oh, PeTA is not going to like this! Awesome shot, though. Never seen anything like this.

Anonymous

14 years ago

As peter griffen would say "everybody knows that the bird is the word"

Anonymous

14 years ago

Incredible! I also saw one time such a flock of birds in Dusseldorf. They were flying around the runway but fortunately they did not collide with any aircrafts...

Anonymous

14 years ago

What a massacre! O_o

Anonymous

14 years ago

Pity these birdies :(

Anonymous

14 years ago

And in the red corner weighin' in at 124,500 pounds... B737. In the blue corner, weighin' at 70 pounds... the starlings. Get in the ring! Definetly 5stars - when nature and industry fight.

Anonymous

14 years ago

Perfect timing and rare picture of the incident, congrats.

Anonymous

14 years ago

Absolutely stunning picture. This is my PC!!! Look at the birds behind the engine thrust blast... Simply amazing and dramatic.

Anonymous

14 years ago

Omg look at that massacre :D

Anonymous

14 years ago

Captured that moment perfectly!

Anonymous

14 years ago

From a photography point of you, this is a good photo. But reality check please. This kind of event can spell disaster for the crew and passengers of this plane. We, humans, fancy the macabre. We have this bizarre taste for looking at the "before shot" of an event gone terribly wrong. Lucky this plane made it back safely. Just my two cents.

Anonymous

14 years ago

Terrific luck (for you) to get this shot. The starlings...not so much. Great detail. I see avian debris all over the place!

Anonymous

14 years ago

Absolutely excellent. I've only ever had single birdstrikes (in jets) and we often see it a split-second before impact even if we're looking inside! I bet they shouted "BIRDS!" (or maybe in German).

Anonymous

14 years ago

And if it landed after 45 minutes, I'm guessing that was to burn fuel to reduce to landing weight, based on our 737 Pristina fuel loads (no fuel dump facility on these).

Anonymous

14 years ago

Great photo! Reeeeeealy nice ;-)

Anonymous

14 years ago

Something you don't see everyday, absolutely amazing.

Anonymous

14 years ago

Fantastic Pic! Right photographer in the right place at the right time. Congrats Stefan: You are my desktop image for a loooong time.
Amazing how robust the Boeing is. Would not trust an Airbus Computer to figure out how to deal with starlings. No offense, but who's to say I'm wrong?

Anonymous

14 years ago

What a great picture!the face of the First Officer is great! He is so calm and looking at the camera, it's so great...

Anonymous

14 years ago

Five stars? Of course! Even more, I suppose this shot is going to be photo of the year :-)

Anonymous

14 years ago

Five Stars Picture... indeed a great shot. Maybe sometimes its not good to be "free as a bird".

Anonymous

14 years ago

Oh my goodness!

Anonymous

14 years ago

Unique shot!

Anonymous

14 years ago

Cool Shot Thanks dear Stefan for sharing !

Iman-IranianSpotters

Anonymous

14 years ago

Today's menu: Nuggets.

Anonymous

14 years ago

Any pic of the runway after impact. Must looked like war :-)

Anonymous

14 years ago

Enemy Squadron in Action

Anonymous

14 years ago

Damn son, look at the emissions from the engine... bird dinner tonight :P

Anonymous

14 years ago

I wonder if birds think the same was as some people do when they're at a railroad crossing with an oncoming train: "Oh, it's far away, we'll make it!"

Anonymous

14 years ago

A Pilots nightmare. The thumps , bumps and engine warnings sure make you sit up and take notice. You can see numerous areas on the Boeing with impact marks from the birds. You were definitely at the right place and at the right time. Excellent shot Stefan, Thanks for sharing this.

Anonymous

14 years ago

Pure chaos

Anonymous

14 years ago

Just no words. Amazing foto and a happy end.

Anonymous

14 years ago

Great picture

Anonymous

13 years ago

Natures vacuum cleaner.

Anonymous

13 years ago

This is an amazing moment to capture veyr good shot

Anonymous

13 years ago

Poor little birdies.... :)

Anonymous

13 years ago

Wow 200 starlings is a whole lot of birds. It's good that it safely landed. Great timing though.

Anonymous

13 years ago

Look at the co pilots face he is a bit shocked to say the least. at least thay got down onto solid ground safely good fortune was with them this day

Anonymous

13 years ago

Great timing, great shot!!

Anonymous

13 years ago

Photographer was in the right place at the right moment.

Anonymous

13 years ago

Nice!

Anonymous

13 years ago

Planes need bird avoiding systems or birds need plane avoiding systems but I think the second one makes more sense. :)

Anonymous

13 years ago

Great Pic! Unbelievable timing! NICE! Fotunatly the bird's were not so big. :-)

Anonymous

13 years ago

Introduding...the Cusinart Model CFM-56

Anonymous

13 years ago

Keep that plane away from me because it kills little birdies but in whole, great shot... you got that timing bang on!

Anonymous

13 years ago

Look at the face of the first officer.

Anonymous

13 years ago

Five stars? Sure, but next time please don't release the birds directly next to the runway when a plane flies by!

Anonymous

13 years ago

Omg, you can actually see the blood and everything. That's a bird massacre..........kinda cool. i feel bad for the people who have to clean that.I still cant get over the fact that these birds inner body working are now on the outside......

Anonymous

13 years ago

So Lucky!

Anonymous

13 years ago

Amazing photo, thankfully no one was hurt... poor birds though...

Anonymous

13 years ago

This is a shot of a lifetime, very good for instruction purposes too. However, I would not want to have been at the stick during this one.

Anonymous

13 years ago

Not to offend anyone but a new movie idea "Bird Strike massacre!"

Anonymous

13 years ago

Great pic!! nice to see less starlings corrupting our air space but unfortunatly it was to the safety and cleanliness of this boeing.... I would say those CFM 56 are bird ingestion certified!!!

Anonymous

13 years ago

I see blood.......

Anonymous

13 years ago

Poor birds...

Anonymous

12 years ago

When your rifles just don't do the job, bring the 737 in!

Anonymous

12 years ago

This is a horrendous picture.. 737 is a massive killer herein

Anonymous

12 years ago

Perfect shot. Blood is starting to build up on the wing. This is a one in a million - not only because of the birds. But look at the co-pilot enjoying the view. A split second after this shot was taken, he had lots of other things to think about.

Anonymous

12 years ago

So sad! Poor birdies!

Anonymous

11 years ago

Poor Birds :-(((

Anonymous

11 years ago

Amazing timing. RIP birds. Nice to hear incident ended well.

Anonymous

11 years ago

Angry Birds !

Anonymous

10 years ago

What a precise timing !

Anonymous

10 years ago

Plane and flight crew: Now rated for bird strikes!

Anonymous

10 years ago

Poor 737 it just wanted to fly!

Tucker1

Wisconsin, USA

4 years ago

Poor birds

Aviation Photo #1589920 Boeing 737-329 - Germania

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