March 2022 – Bird Strike Association of Canada – Comité canadien sur le péril aviaire

Limited flights but bird, animal strike incidents rose significantly at Indian airports in 2021

27 March 2022 News by Gary Searing

New Delhi, Mar 27 (PTI) Indian airports saw a significant increase in bird and animal strike incidents in 2021, notwithstanding the limited number of flights operating in the country last year due to coronavirus-induced travel restrictions. Bird and animal strike incidents are considered one of the most potent threats to flight operations. In August 2019,
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What Wildlife Services did not say about the newly released 2021 body count

23 March 2022 News by Gary Searing

Only 4% of the toll of 1.76 million animals were “livestock predators,” but 44% were “invasive” starlings RIVERDALE, Maryland––Released on March 22, 2022, the USDA Wildlife Services program activity report for 2021 tells a different story from the sunny spin put on it by the accompanying media release from USDA Animal & Plant Health
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Hughes 269C Helicopter crash in South Africa

12 March 2022 News by Gary Searing

Date: 12-MAR-2022 Time: Type: Hughes 269C Owner/operator: Helicon Wildife Services Registration: ZS-HED MSN: 111020 Fatalities: Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 Other fatalities: 0 Aircraft damage: Written off (damaged beyond repair) Category: Accident Location: Free State – South Africa Phase: Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) Nature: Private Departure airport: Destination airport: Confidence Rating: Little or no information is
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Thai Air Force F16 jet crashes while on training flight, pilot safely ejects

8 March 2022 News by Gary Searing

A Royal Thai Air Force F-16 fighter jet crashed while on a training flight in the north-eastern province of Chaiyaphum this afternoon (Tuesday), but the pilot managed to eject safely, according to Spokesperson for the Royal Thai Air Force (RTAF) Air Vice Marshal Prapas Sornchaidee. He said that a rescue team was immediately sent to
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Pilot dead in plane crash

3 March 2022 News by Gary Searing

ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. – A aerobatic plane crashed Wednesday afternoon at Northeast Florida Regional Airport in St. Augustine. The plane went down in a salt marsh near the runway just before 5 p.m. According to St. Johns County Fire Rescue, the pilot was removed from the aircraft and rushed to a hospital for treatment. The
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