On Jan 16, 5:51*am, Jimw wrote:
***Why dont they put some sort of screening over the engine***
It would only seem like a couple hundred dollars worth of hardware
cloth would solve the problem. *Why dont they think of simple
solutions like this? *

Rather than trying to prevent debris from entering, jet engines are
designed to ingest a certain amount of debris without issue. They are
capable of swallowing whole chickens and passing them out the exhaust
cooked to perfection, sliced, deboned and pureed.

It would be folly to attempt to build a screen; even at landing
speeds, the goose would simply go through the screen like a potato
through a french fry cutter.

This must've been one heck of a goose or an entire flock.