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I would imagine from time to time birds in flight will get into the path of aeroplanes and get sucked into jet engines and be crushed.
What happens to the engine if a bird do get sucked? Will the engine be ok?
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.It all depends on where abouts the bird enters the engine intake. Many birds get chopped up by the front, fan blades and pass down the bypass duct on a modern turbo-fan engine. Often, there is little or no damage done to the fan blades, but sometimes 1 or more blades need to be replaced.
If the bird goes down the core of the engine, through the compressor stages, combustion chamber and turbine sections, then it can cause a few more problems. Generally, the engine must undergo a boroscope (little fibreoptic camera) inspection to determine if any damage was done to the internal parts of the engine. If no damage is found, then the engine can remain in service.
If any of the fan, compressor, or turbine blades is broken right off, the engine is designed (allegedly!) to contain the failure, but unfortunately this is not always the case! However, it is certain that birds make a lot less mess than the humans that occasionally meet their maker by straying too close to a running engine.....
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