But what a strange one. A friend of mine who works at the Chep Lap Kok Airport in Hong Kong sent me these pictures. I have seen many a bird (or what’s left of them) in the aircraft engines but this is the first time I have seen a large bird caught in the slats of an aircraft. What are the chances of this happening?
From the long neck it looks like a vulture. I have seen some from afar while hiking in the hills around Hong Kong. By the looks of the blood splatter, it must have hit the wing to body fairing and then got stuck in the extended slats.
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