…ack. The air grew thick with feathers and the sickening thud of impact against metal. Jason fought the controls, his hands slick with sweat as he tried to maneuver away, but the birds were relentless. They didn’t just fly; they hunted. The situation spiraled into a nightmare when a large bird was sucked into the engine, the resulting explosion of mechanical failure sending a shudder through the entire frame of the plane. With his passengers screaming and the cabin filling with the acrid scent of burning ozone, Jason knew he had lost his window to reach the safety of the main airport.