Bees clog passenger jet engine

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Bees clog passenger jet engine off British coast

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LONDON — A thick cloud of bees was sucked into the engine of a passenger plane en route to Portugal, forcing the airline to abandon the trip and grounding passengers for 11 hours, a company executive said today.
David Skillicorn, managing director of Palmair, said the swarm was spotted off Britain's Bournemouth coast shortly before the Boeing 737 left on Thursday. "Some witnesses claimed there were around 20,000 bees," he said.
"The pilot experienced an engine surge about an hour into the flight," Skillicorn said. "He returned to Bournemouth and we found what appeared to be a large number of bees smeared inside the engine."
Around 200 passengers were delayed while the company carried out repairs and eventually replaced the aircraft, Skillicorn said.

 

[mynameisjim]

We finally found the answer to the Bee Colony Collapse that the news has been reporting. It must be all of the RJs.

 

[AerroMatt]

A 737 apparently flies through a swarm of bees on takeoff (apparently) and doesn't have any difficulty until an hour into the flight? Hunh. I wonder if there are anymore details. You would think if they were going to have trouble it would have been immediately after encountering the swarm.

 

[T-REX]

A 737 apparently flies through a swarm of bees on takeoff (apparently) and doesn't have any difficulty until an hour into the flight? Hunh. I wonder if there are anymore details. You would think if they were going to have trouble it would have been immediately after encountering the swarm.

It's true. Here's the video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4VzPO82BZv8

 

[jrbevis]

Thats vid is great

How can you count 20,000 bees?