December 2014 – Bird Strike Association of Canada – Comité canadien sur le péril aviaire

Jet Airways B738 catches fire after bird strike

30 December 2014 News by Gary Searing

Jet Airways aircraft makes emergency landing at TIA Makes emergency landing; all passengers safe KATHMANDU, DEC 29 – A Jet Airways Boeing 737 coming from Mumbai made an emergency landing at Kathmandu’s Tribhuvan International Airport (TIA) on Monday after one of its engines caught fire due to a bird hit. All passengers and crew are
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Thousands of Animals Removed From DC-Area…

25 December 2014 News by Gary Searing

News 4-NBC Washington By Scott MacFarlane Federal agents have removed or chased away more than 100,000 animals from areas near the runways of BWI-Thurgood Marshall, Reagan National and Dulles International airports in the past year, according to a review by the News4 I-Team. The animal removal efforts are necessary to reduce the risk of dangerous
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Bird strike leaves hole in wing of Southwest Airlines plane

14 December 2014 News by Gary Searing

Panic in mid-air as bird strike leaves 'hole' in wing and witnesses spot flames shooting from jet engine of Southwest Airlines plane carrying 150 passengers Plane collided with bird while travelling to Baltimore from San Antonio Witness said he heard a rumbling noise and saw the plane 'on fire' Plane landed safely in Baltimore and
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Cessna Suffers Major Damage from Bird Strike

4 December 2014 News by Gary Searing

Traveller24.news24.com Cape Town – While zipping through the air in an aircraft the size of a Volkswagen beetle may be a thrilling experience, there's also something truly terrifying about how vulnerable it makes you. Whereas you can easily imagine yourself safe from danger when cruising at 35 000 feet in a Boeing 747, practically being
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Month: December 2014

Jet Airways B738 catches fire after bird strike

Thousands of Animals Removed From DC-Area…

Bird strike leaves hole in wing of Southwest Airlines plane

Cessna Suffers Major Damage from Bird Strike