ABSTRACT
Case Study Elements ...................................................................................................................... 751 Abstract .......................................................................................................................................... 751 Glossary ......................................................................................................................................... 752 Background .................................................................................................................................... 752
Bird Strikes ................................................................................................................................ 752 Other Possible Causes ............................................................................................................... 753 Subject Incident ......................................................................................................................... 753
Purpose ........................................................................................................................................... 756 System/System of Systems/Enterprise ........................................................................................... 757 Challenges and Development ......................................................................................................... 759 Analysis .......................................................................................................................................... 759 Conclusions .................................................................................................................................... 760 Questions for Discussion ............................................................................................................... 761 Epilogue ......................................................................................................................................... 761 Acknowledgments .......................................................................................................................... 763 References ...................................................................................................................................... 764
off at 3:25 PM EST. As it reached an altitude of 3200 ft, a ™ock of migratory Canadian geese struck the aircraft, damaging the engines and resulting in a loss of the aircraft’s thrust. All 150 passengers and 5 crew members, 2 pilots, and 3 ™ight attendants evacuated the aircraft and survived this incident.
