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avian ingestion (usually uncountable, plural avian ingestions)
- (aviation) Collision between a bird and an aircraft in motion, especially a jet airplane, in which the bird enters a running engine.
2006 February 1, “VIDEO: US Air Force F-16 pilots eject after bird strike”, in flightglobal.com, retrieved 9 June 2014:The aircraft suffers an engine failure as a result of the avian ingestion and the two pilots, one of whom appears to be a student, eject moments before the aircraft hits a ploughed field.
2012 June 5, Erik Pineda, “ATSB Reports of Increasing Birdstrikes in Australia”, in International Business Times, Australia, retrieved 9 June 2014:These animals normally hit the plane's windshield or get sucked by the engine, in which case authorities label the incidents as avian ingestion.
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