This video [0] of a bird strike on a 757 always makes my heart beat faster. For the first time, I just counted the timing. Bird strike is at ~10 seconds. Pilot

This video [0] of a bird strike on a 757 always makes my heart beat faster. For the first time, I just counted the timing. Bird strike is at ~10 seconds. Pilot waits until ~20 seconds to call "Mayday". Only at ~32 seconds does he shut down the damaged engine. If the Taipei pilot had taken the same time to get his bearings before acting, everyone might have survived. In terms of the value of training, I love how cooly the air traffic controller responds to the Mayday. [0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9KhZwsYtNDE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9KhZwsYtNDE