Tech, Ops Changes Eyed To Cut Bird Strikes

North American bird-strike risk is rising, and consensus is growing that mitigating it depends on a mix of new procedures to make take-offs safer plus new technologies to beef up aircraft and make bird flocks easier to see and avoid.

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