Persistent Birds Lead Pilot To Discovery During Flight

Dawned On Him

It was awe-inspiring to see the wreckage. Even though he knew birds were dangerous to planes, what they experienced was unprecedented.

There was a moment when Captain Paul Thompson, his co-pilot Tony Jones, and everyone else on board thought their plane was going to crash.

Initially, Paul blamed the birds, but he later realized that their motive was totally different.

Commitment

Having the job of a pilot has become a passion of Paul Thompson for the last five years. He enjoyed meeting new people on long international flights, especially.

As a result, he was overjoyed when he got on the plane to take his next international flight. It was yet another day in paradise, he said to his co-pilot as he sat down.

There was, however, something special about this flight.

Nothing Out Of The Ordinary

As far as I could tell, everything was perfectly normal at first. Liftoff followed their preflight checks. The birds came in as the plane was climbing.

Without knowing what was happening, it would appear strange to anyone. In the past month, he had seen it on every flight he had taken, so he didn’t think it was too big of a deal.

His first reaction was odd, but he eventually adjusted.

Unexpected

There was something different about the birds on this particular day, however. As soon as the plane went too high, they would fly around it a few times before disappearing.

All of them were focused on one side of the plane this time.

Their wings were crowded around the wing, but they flew along the side.

Epiphany

Only when Paul turned west did things get stranger. While some birds were hurt as a result of his actions, the birds appeared to push back.

When Paul realized that the birds were actually guiding the plane, he was amazed.

It seemed strange to Paul that they didn’t want him to make the turn for some reason.