Snarge

I learned something new after the US Airways flight crash-landed in the Hudson. When birds fly into jet engines, the resulting "bloody goo" that they're transformed into is called "snarge".

A Sep 2004 article in Flying Safety magazine provides some further details about snarge.
  • The most common method of collecting snarge is "by spraying the impact point on the aircraft with a water bottle and swiping it down with a paper towel."
  • Snarge is "Smelly by nature, and often packed with mold spores, gooey bird fat or amorphous bits of flesh."
  • Snarge looks like "something you find in your handkerchief after a bad cold."
  • However, bird experts regard snarge as "the ultimate identification challenge!"
     Posted By: Alex - Mon Jan 19, 2009
     Category: Animals | Flight | Science





Comments
Now I know what, exactly, to call that paste that is served on bread 4 days after Thanksgiving that tastes faintly like turkey.
Posted by Expat47 in Athens, Greece on 01/19/09 at 10:29 AM
And what they do to an aircraft is called FOD
Posted by Brian R. on 01/19/09 at 03:24 PM
Ewwwwwww.
Posted by BikerPuppy on 01/19/09 at 04:49 PM
What is it called when a person is sucked into a jet engine? No this isn't a joke...I was really wondering.

I got a email from someone once with pictures of a guy who got too close to the rear prop of a chopter. It was on an aircraft carrier. Let's just say that the guy lost his mustache (along with his nose, lips, cheeks, forehead, etc).
Posted by Madd Maxx on 01/20/09 at 12:33 PM
I saw that video too. Several people that I have told about it do not believe it was real. Saying, "Yeah, but I saw the video." doesn't convince anyone either.

DF - I like that. From now on, when I make a mistake on an engineering drawing (which happens more NOW with my obsession with WU) I will blame it on Eustace Snarge. I better talk to IT to get an extension setup for Eustace.
Posted by Madd Maxx on 01/20/09 at 04:38 PM
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