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I love how this reads completely differently after the final sentence implies the birds are still alive.

Well...a long time ago in a less PC age, I worked for a company that made fuel systems for jet engines. They had an outdoor test firing facility that was enclosed in a wall, maybe 6 feet high, intended to protect passersby.

The chap who ran the facility had a party piece. He'd put bird seed on top of the blast wall in front of the inlet. He waited for enough pigeons to start eating the seed. Then switched on the engine. There were a lot of feathers...

To be honest being swallowed into a jet engine is as quick of a death as you can get

Sometimes. Probably most of the time. But not always.

Petty Officer JD Bridges on a US Navy aircraft carrier got sucked into the intake of a fighter jet. Somehow his body got wedged in such a way that he did not go through the engine and managed to climb out a few seconds later.

Video of the incident in question, also an interview with him the next day: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GF3Iz7b95-8&t=46s

As I recall, along with getting somewhat wedged, his helmet come off and was digested by the engine.

Which is one rapid method of equalising pressure at the intake and exhaust.

See, wear your helmet.

Years ago I saw a picture on reddit of a similar event that did not end as well. I'm still scarred.

Yep. There is a lot of opportunity for chatGPT in the humor space, I think.

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