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

Increasing Kite strikes in India

26 November 2019 News by Gary Searing

Kites have been involved in the highest number of bird strike cases across civil and defence airports, during take-off and landing across India, over the past 52 years, revealed data from the Indian Air Force (IAF). At the International Conference on Wetland and Migratory birds in Lonavala on Wednesday, the IAF presented their own data
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Blind landing after bird strike

25 November 2019 News by Gary Searing

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-FORT SAM HOUSTON, Texas — Todd Unruh never believed they were going to die. Even covered in glass, in pain and flying blind, the pilot felt a sense of calm. “At no point did I think about my daughter being without a father; I didn’t let that emotion come into play,” he
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Irish rabbits posing a hazard to aviation

23 November 2019 News by Gary Searing

Rabbits at Ireland’s Dublin Airport are being sucked up by plane engines as jets taxi down runways, according to the Irish Post. So far this year, 11 bunnies have reportedly been “ingested” by motors while authorities have managed to relocate another 44 rabbits that were in harm’s way. Neither Irish aviation officials nor the rabbits have
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Bird strike during training results in Indian fighter jet crash

16 November 2019 News by Gary Searing

During recovery, there was a bird hit and fire on the right engine was observed. A MiG-29K fighter aircraft crashed in South Goa’s Dabolim on Saturday soon after it took off for a training mission, Indian Navy said. Both the pilots have managed to eject safely. The aircraft involved in the crash was a trainer
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Month: November 2019

Increasing Kite strikes in India

Blind landing after bird strike

Irish rabbits posing a hazard to aviation

Bird strike during training results in Indian fighter jet crash