January 2017 – Bird Strike Association of Canada – Comité canadien sur le péril aviaire

Vulture research to improve safety

27 January 2017 News by Gary Searing

Since 2001, MacDill Air Force Base has housed the 6th Air Mobility Wing, which provides air refueling and airlift operations in the southeastern United States and to military operations in Europe and Southwest Asia. It is home to 3,000 airmen, three C-37A’s and a dozen KC-135R’s, a Stratotanker with a maximum transfer fuel load of
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Safety Recommendations Go Unheeded

26 January 2017 News by Gary Searing

WASHINGTON (AP) — Most of the safety recommendations stemming from the ditching of a crippled airliner in the Hudson River, now the basis of a new movie, have yet to be followed more than seven years after the event. An Associated Press review of National Transportation Safety Board records found that of the 35 recommendations
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The Challenge to Reduce Bird Strikes

26 January 2017 News by Gary Searing

Why doesn’t the FAA adopt avian radar tracking to help pilots avoid colliding with birds? Nearly five years after Capt. Chesley B. “Sully” Sullenberger miraculously landed his crippled US Airways A320 jet on the Hudson River after flying into a flock of Canada geese, he says that the risk of airplanes striking birds is as
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Reduction in Bird Strikes at Vancouver International

26 January 2017 News by Gary Searing

Bird collisions with aircraft are on the decline at Vancouver International Airport on Sea Island, along with the number of birds being killed both in accidents and by grounds personnel. YVR officials are crediting a number of initiatives, including the installation of box culverts to reduce habitat for waterfowl next to the cross runway, along
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Using Drones To Reduce Bird Strikes At A Local Airport

26 January 2017 News by Gary Searing

Humane, cost-effective ways to reduce bird strikes near Westchester County Airport — including the use of “Geesebuster” gliders and drones — will be discussed by public officials and wildlife advocates Wednesday night, Jan. 25. Members of several organizations will appear before the Westchester County Airport Advisory Board meeting which begins at 7 p.m. on Wednesday
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Crash of Navy Training Jet

20 January 2017 News by Gary Searing

ARLINGTON, Va. — A bird strike may have contributed to the crash of a Navy T-45C Goshawk training jet aircraft Jan. 17 near Naval Air Station (NAS) Meridian, Miss., during a training flight. The Naval Safety Center’s website said the T-45C “experienced bird strike during takeoff” and “impacted ground just short of runway during RTB
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Landfill a threat to aviation in Lebanon

17 January 2017 News by Gary Searing

he threat of bird strikes in and around Beirut International Airport, Lebanon’s only international airport, is not recent. It’s an issue that has been raised time and time again by the media, environmentalists, and concerned citizens since the Costa Brava landfill was built next to the airport as one of two landfills serving the nation’s seemingly incessant waste
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Massive bird cull after “miracle on the Hudson”

15 January 2017 News by Gary Searing

New York authorities defend themselves over accusations birds don’t need killing. Authorities in New York have been accused of the massacre of thousands of wild birds in a vain bid to prevent another incident like the downing of flight 1549 in 2009. That incident, known as the “Miracle on the Hudson”, saw pilot Chesley “Sully”
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Month: January 2017