Aviation Videos | Planespotting | Edits on Instagram: "When a bird is ingested into a jet engine, everything happens in seconds. The bird impacts the fan or compressor blades, which are spinning at thousands of revolutions per minute. Modern engines are designed to absorb this kind of damage, with blades built to contain impacts without shattering or breaking free. In many cases, the engine may experience a brief power loss, vibration, or automatic shutdown as sensors detect abnormal conditions.