What Happens When a Bird Hits a Jet Engine? ✈️🦅

追加: 2026-05-19

[00:00:00]What happens if a bird flies into [music] a jet engine during flight? It sounds like a nightmare, but jet engines are actually tested [music] to survive this. During certification, engineers use a chicken cannon to fire bird carcasses [music] at a spinning engine at hundreds of miles per hour. Most of the time, the powerful fan blades [music] shred the bird and toss it into the bypass duct away from the engine's core. This ensures the engine keeps [music] running or shuts down safely without exploding. So, while it's rare, your plane is built to handle the unexpected and keep you safe. Subscribe [music] for more.