In which we are taught of the perils of seagulls under momentum.

[ladybretagne]

One of the lead stories on the local news tonight was about a helicopter that had to perform an emergency landing at University Medical Center. Said emergency landing had to be performed because there had been a mid-air collision that shattered the right half of the windscreen. Said collision was with a wayward seagull. Yes, a seagull. Not only

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[besideserato]

OMG, did it live?! Poor Jonathan!
Hope the pilot's OK, too, of course.

[besideserato]

Just read it didn't! :(

[ladybretagne]

It's all rather gruesome, isn't it?

[besideserato]

It really is. Yikes.

[apoplexia]

How odd. I have no idea why, but just two days ago I was thinking about the phenomenon of "birdstrike".

[ladybretagne]

Odd indeed. But really, there's something so fascinatingly farcical about it.