B757-200
Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Ground Event / Encounter Person / Animal / Bird
Flight Crew Rejected Takeoff; Flight Crew Returned To Gate; General Flight Cancelled / Delayed
Environment - Non Weather Related
Upon advice of the Flight Operations Quality Assurance (FOQA) gate keeper I am submitting this report.We did a high speed abort after rolling thru a flock on pigeons on Runway 18. I was the Pilot Flying (PF) and noticed birds crossing the centerline at about 60 to 80 knots. A moment later a flock of pigeons came out of the grass next to the runway going left to right. I heard a loud thump and the Captain instantly closed the throttles and kicked off the auto brakes. We rolled a way down the runway before clearing without using the brakes. Tower was informed and they closed the runway for an inspection. We taxied to a gate where airport Ops came plane side and showed us a bag of dead pigeons. There was evidence of bird strikes on the nose; the inboard slats; and the engine nacelles. 3 hours later we departed again; this time uneventfully.
We ran through a flock of birds on takeoff. We were approaching 100 kts. With 13;000 feet of runway I chose to abort. I immediately released the RTO and coasted to the end of runway.
A B757 air crew performed a rejected takeoff after multiple bird strikes at around 100 knots. They returned to the gate. After maintenance inspected the aircraft they once again departed for their destination uneventfully.