April 2019 – Bird Strike Association of Canada – Comité canadien sur le péril aviaire

Low-flying helicopter crashes after bird strike

13 April 2019 News by Gary Searing

Some islanders are asking, how fast and how low should helicopters fly over island waters? Rookie pilot Josef Bakker miscalculated a turn and ended up nose down in Sarasota Bay near Coquina Beach early April 13. Pilot Stan Lee had been flying helicopters for more than 30 years when his copter crashed Jan. 2 into
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Damaged Sensors May Have Led to Crashes

12 April 2019 News by Gary Searing

The crashes of two Boeing Co. 737 Max jets in five months have focused attention on a little-known device that malfunctioned, starting a chain reaction that sent the planes into deadly dives. Pilots have for decades relied on the weather-vane-like “angle of attack” sensors to warn them when they near a dangerous aerodynamic stall. But
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Arkansas airport seeks new approaches to control geese

11 April 2019 News by Gary Searing

Officials have learned it will take more than a laser or a fake coyote to scare geese away from the municipal airport. City officials of Bentonville, Arkansas, have tried different methods to get geese to leave the property, with little success, and are looking into more options, said Dennis Birge, transportation engineer. “It’s a hazard
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Possible bird strike and flawed software doomed Ethiopian Airlines 737 MAX

8 April 2019 News by Gary Searing

Adds Boeing CEO quote, former United exec Engines left at full take-off power throughout flight, data show Sensor possibly damaged by bird strike shortly after take-off Pilots left jet pointed down before cutting MCAS, data show Boeing says software fix will prevent similar accidents By Tim Hepher, Eric M. Johnson and Jamie Freed as reported
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Bird Strike Investigation into Ryanair B738, Rome 2008

1 April 2019 News by Gary Searing

Description On 10 November 2008, a Boeing 737-800 (EI-DYG) being operated by Ryanair on a scheduled passenger flight from Frankfurt Hahn to Rome Ciampino as FR4102 flew through a dense flock of birds shortly before landing off an ILS approach to Ciampino’s runway 15 in day VMC. Multiple bird strikes occurred. After loss of engine
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