Aviation expert Byron Bailey said it was likely a bird strike which forced a Virgin Australia flight bound for Melbourne to make an emergency landing on Monday night.
A veteran pilot has weighed in on what could have caused a Virgin Australia flight bound for Melbourne to make an emergency landing on Monday night, pointing to the aircraft’s engine fire.
A passenger who said they were aboard the plane departing Queenstown said the mood in the cabin was “calm” though everyone was a little “shaken” by the incident. Picture: Jenny Evans / Getty Images “I have also had a bird strike myself except it was a smaller bird and it was centrifuged out of the cold part of the engine.“But I would say this, looking at the flames, it was a pretty large bird and maybe dislodged some fan blades, gone through the core of the engine and that’s fuel streaming out the back on fire.
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