April 2016 – Bird Strike Association of Canada – Comité canadien sur le péril aviaire

Flight diverts to Phoenix after bird strike cracks window

22 April 2016 News by Gary Searing

PHOENIX (AP) — An American Airlines plane diverted to Phoenix after a bird strike cracked a cockpit window during takeoff from Las Vegas on a flight to Charlotte, North Carolina. Airline spokesman Matt Miller says nobody was injured and that the six crew members and 174 passengers boarded another plane in Phoenix early Thursday morning
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Death from above for migratory songbirds at Ottawa airport

21 April 2016 News by Gary Searing

A Transport Canada database reveals that passenger jets have twice struck flocks of birds at the Ottawa International Airport this spring. Already this year, 16 bird strikes have been reported at the airport, including one incident last month in which a WestJet Dash 8 turboprop collided with a flock of migratory snow buntings during its
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Acoustic Scarecrows: A Humane, Non-Lethal Way To Reduce Bird Strikes?

20 April 2016 News by Gary Searing

People like to build airports on, or very close to, sites that have been used for millennia as resting and refueling stopovers by migrating birds. And this creates a lot of conflicts. The Bird Strike Committee USA estimates almost $1 billion in damages occur annually to American civil and military aircraft due to wildlife and
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THIS will get them in a flap: Robotic falcon ‘Robird’ set to patrol airports in a bid to prevent bird strikes

15 April 2016 News by Gary Searing

'Robird' will take to the skies above Dusseldorf Weeze airport in Germany There are two designs, a falcon for small birds and an eagle for larger ones Dutch-designed robot uses flapping motion and is controlled by a pilot Bird strikes represent one of the most acute dangers to aircraft, but one European airport believes it
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Sonic scarecrow