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title: What Happens When A Bird Flies Into A Plane Engine — HIGH T3CH
url: https://hight3ch.com/what-happens-when-a-bird-flies-into-a-plane-engine/
date: 2017-11-26
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# What Happens When A Bird Flies Into A Plane Engine

What happens if a bird flies into a plane engine? The event is called a bird strike. Each year, bird strikes cost US airlines an estimated $1.2 billion. Only part of those costs are from actual damage. The rest comes from flight delays and cancellations.