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There used to be a big garbage dump by Peachtree-Dekalb Airport. A huge dump of some sort of food product had attracted a huge flock of birds, and I happened to hear the audio tape of a plane that went down that day as a result. It was a corporate Learjet, and you hear the tower radio to the airplane and say,

Learjet, we saw some smoke come out of your engines. You want to make a turn-around?

The pilot was just as cool as could be. He says, Nah, we're not going to make it. Totally tore up the engines - trashed everything. About a minute later the plane slammed into an apartment complex. No survivors.

Cool as could be! I'd have been freaking out. But that's what pilots do.