Pilots survive mid-air goose strike

Two US pilots are lucky to be alive after a goose crashed into their plane's windscreen mid-flight totally smashing the glass.

Video uploaded to file sharing site LiveLeak, shows the pair preparing to take-off in their Cessna 210 Centurion from Brookeridge Airpark in Illinois in December last year.

A few moments into the flight, the bird comes crashing in through the windscreen, sending shards of glass all over the control board and forcing both men to duck.

Body parts and blood can also been seen splattered on either side of the plane's windows as feathers fill the cabin.

Undeterred, the men remain in-control of the aircraft, and even manage to safely land it despite the goose's limp carcass handing from the middle of the windscreen.

Source: LiveLeak
Author: Natasha Lee, Approving editor: Matthew Henry