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Originally Posted by Ghoulish Delight
A bird strike should not bring down a jet liner.
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Is this correct? I can't find it with a quick search but a Slate article after it happened said that jet engines are rated to functionally survive bird impacts up to a certain weight (4 pounds I think) and that geese are generally above that weight.
So if that's correct*, the poor luck of having geese hit all engines might reasonably be expected to bring the plane down.
Regardless of liability I would expect, though, plenty of lawsuits and if the plaintiffs are somewhat reasonable in their greed plenty of settlements.