B757-200
Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical; Inflight Event / Encounter Bird / Animal
Air Traffic Control Provided Assistance; Aircraft Aircraft Damaged; Flight Crew Inflight Shutdown; Flight Crew Landed in Emergency Condition; Flight Crew Requested ATC Assistance / Clarification; Flight Crew Returned To Departure Airport; General Declared Emergency
Environment - Non Weather Related
At approximately 500 FT AFL on departure from Runway 10 we encountered a flock of large birds and ingested one or more into the right engine; a severe vibration was immediately felt; the throttle was reduced to idle and an emergency was declared. The engine was shut down using the immediate action items; and after pulling the fire handle we received a notification from the cabin that we had a fire in the right engine. As a result we discharged the fire bottle even though we had no indication of an engine fire. The EGT had peaked at 963 degrees.Assuming that we had a potential engine fire with no warning; a tight approach was made back to Runway 10; the QRH and Before Landing checklists were completed; and an overweight landing with a smooth touchdown were made. The off to on time was 5 minutes. We cleared the runway and were immediately met by numerous ARFF trucks; a precautionary dousing of the engine was made by a fire truck's water cannon; and after confirmation of no fire we were escorted to the gate without further issue.Birds are a known problem at this airport. I don't know if there is any validity to the idea that a radar will have an affect on bird dispersion; but I will be using it from here on out for departures. This is my second engine failure due to bird strike. Although ATC gave us an immediate clearance to land after we declared the emergency; the Controller's English was a safety issue. After clearing the runway; we made repeated attempts to communicate through her to have ARFF examine the right engine for fire; and an Approach Controller finally broke in and issued the directions to the fire crews. Mandating that the entire world adhere to phraseology protocol is useless if you can't understand what is being said.
A B757 ingested birds into an engine at 500 FT; EGT peaked at 963 degrees. The engine was shut down and aircraft returned to land uneventfully in emergency condition.