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

Large Australian Bustard likely behind fatal spraying crash

19 September 2022 News by Gary Searing

An ATSB investigation into the fatal crash of a spraying aircraft has found evidence that a large Australian bustard smashed through the cockpit window in the lead-up to the accident. An unidentified man in his 30s died in September when his Air Tractor AT-502B hit the ground near Chinchilla on Queensland’s Western Downs. It comes
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New atlas of bird migration shows extraordinary journeys

15 September 2022 News by Gary Searing

A bay-breasted warbler weighs about the same as four pennies, but twice a year makes an extraordinary journey. The tiny songbird flies nearly 4,000 miles (6,437 kilometers) between Canada’s spruce forests and its wintering grounds in northern South America. “Migratory birds are these little globetrotters,” said Jill Deppe, the senior director of the migratory bird
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‘Perfect Storm’: Pilots of Navy Jet Had Few Options After Bird Strike, Expert Says

15 September 2022 News by Gary Searing

The two military pilots whose plane crashed last September after a bird strike near Fort Worth had little to no way to prevent the crash, an aviation safety expert said. The two military pilots whose plane crashed last September after a bird strike near Fort Worth had little to no way to prevent the crash, an aviation
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How A Bird Strike Brought Down An Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737 In 1988

15 September 2022 News by Gary Searing

A flock of speckled pigeons brought down an Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737 Unlike the crash of US Airways Flight 1549 in 2009, when an Airbus A320 hit a flock of Canada geese when taking off from New York LaGuardia Airport (LGA), Ethiopia has its own birdstrike story that did not end as happily as “The Miracle on the Hudson.”
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Going to the Birds to Prevent Hazardous Strikes

3 September 2022 News by Gary Searing

Promising research suggests UV lights mounted on helicopters and planes drive birds away from aircraft…and danger. The FAA is researching new and potentially game-changing technology that significantly reduces the chances of birds striking general aviation aircraft. The technology inverts the customary approach to bird hazards, namely how pilots can avoid or maneuver around birds. The
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January 1 opening of Pokhara airport, insiders say, is a flight of fancy

2 September 2022 News by Gary Searing

Airplane pilots have found out about bird hazards in Pokhara the hard way. Once in the mid-1990s, a Nepal Airlines Twin Otter had just taken off for Jomsom when a big bird slammed into the windshield, shattering the glass and splattering blood all over the cockpit. The broken body of a white vulture, weighing 7-8
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Near miss for Red Arrows shortly before bird strike at Rhyl Air Show

1 September 2022 News by Gary Searing

THE Red Arrows appeared to have another near miss shortly before a bird strike forced an emergency landing on Sunday (August 28). New pictures show a bird flying perilously close to squadron leader Tom Bould’s (Red 1) aircraft as the team took off. The Red Arrows had used Hawarden Airport in Wales as a base
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Month: September 2022

Large Australian Bustard likely behind fatal spraying crash

New atlas of bird migration shows extraordinary journeys

‘Perfect Storm’: Pilots of Navy Jet Had Few Options After Bird Strike, Expert Says

How A Bird Strike Brought Down An Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737 In 1988

Going to the Birds to Prevent Hazardous Strikes

January 1 opening of Pokhara airport, insiders say, is a flight of fancy

Near miss for Red Arrows shortly before bird strike at Rhyl Air Show