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Originally Posted by SeaKing
It is little reported and deliberately so, but the Airlines are very leery of maverick readers using eReaders like Frisbees and sailing them into the intakes of jet engines. Almost as dangerous as a 5 or 10 pound Canadian Goose in the intake.
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Y'know they could probably redesign the engines to take less damage? There's a story about an A-10 pilot who sucked up a couple of geese, and when he landed the ground crew had him leave the engines on so they could throw a bucketful of walnut hulls in to clean out the remaining debris.