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

Pigeon damages Air Malta Airbus engine

30 September 2019 News by Gary Searing

The bird flew into the engine as the plane was going to take off and the impact damaged the titanium fan blades The new Air Malta Airbus was speeding down the runway at Malta International Airport when a single bird flew into the jet engine and damaged the airplane’s titanium blades, a company engineer said.
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Emergency landing at Abbotsford Airport after striking geese

10 September 2019 News by Gary Searing

Passengers and crew loaded off plane safely, spokesperson says A Swoop airlines flight was forced to make an emergency landing at Abbotsford International Airport after hitting several geese shortly after takeoff Tuesday morning. Flight 312 left for Edmonton at 8:18 a.m. PT and landed back at the airport 10 minutes later after hitting the birds, according to
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Egrets at Elmendorf Lake Park

8 September 2019 News by Gary Searing

Egrets roost at Elmendorf Lake Park, but the military has said they pose a flight risk to aircraft. The USDA has a nonlethal, humane mitigation plan to deter the birds from the park. In July 2013, a military aircraft at Sheppard AFB struck a cattle egret during a training flight, forcing the pilot and co-pilot
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Airport bird risk in Russia

5 September 2019 News by Gary Searing

Russian authorities are proposing to assess airports’ vulnerability to bird activity, in the wake of the Ural Airlines Airbus A321 landing accident outside Moscow. The aircraft came down in a field shortly after departing Moscow Zhukovsky on 15 August. Federal air transport regulator Rosaviatsia adds it is proposing to co-operate with law enforcement to “verify
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Painting birds at Wellington’s landfill

1 September 2019 News by Gary Searing

Wellington birds are showing their true colours after the airport has had them painted in a project to monitor birdstrike. Hundreds of gulls sprayed with, orange, green and blue paint have helped Wellington Airport to address birdstrike. Black-backed gulls are known for becoming lodged in planes, and late last year the airport sprayed them with
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