Airbreathing jet engine In another incident in 1995, a Dassault Falcon 20 crashed at a Paris airport during an emergency landing attempt after ingesting lapwings into an engine, which caused an engine failure and a fire in the airplane fuselage; all 10 people on board were killed. In 2009, an Airbus A320 aircraft, US Airways Flight 1549, ingested one bird into each engine. The plane ditched in the Hudson River after taking off from LaGuardia International Airport in New York City. There were no fatalities. Jet engines have to be designed to withstand the ingestion of birds of a specified weight and number
Britannia Airways merged with First Choice Airways and was renamed Thomson Airways, retaining the previous logo and colours. As of January 2005, Britannia Airways operated services to the following international scheduled destinations: At the time of rebranding, the Britannia Airways fleet consisted of the following aircraft: From the 1980s onwards Britannia operated a solely Boeing fleet, unlike their rivals which flew Boeing aircraft alongside Airbus and McDonnell Douglas aircraft. Britannia however did at times lease Airbus aircraft. At the time of rebranding, Britannia was the largest charter airline in the United Kingdom, its position of market dominance being owed to the growth