Marcela Peskova and Jiri Peska -v- Travel Service a.s. The industry has seen an influx of claims for delays and cancellations to flights that have been caused by bird strikes. In the UK, the local county courts have been ruling that bird strikes are not extraordinary circumstances under Regulation 261/2004. Whilst not binding in nature, […]
The first documented collision between a bird and an airplane was reported by the Wright brothers in the early 1900s. Now, about three dozen bird strikes happen each day in the United States, with 5 to 7 percent damaging the plane, according to Michael Begier, the Department of Agriculture’s National Coordinator for the Airport Wildlife […]
BISMARCK, N.D. — An Air Force investigation has concluded that birds and mechanical issues — not pilot error — caused the crash of a B-52 bomber in Guam a year ago. The bomber from Minot Air Force Base in North Dakota aborted takeoff during a routine training mission the morning of May 19, 2016, and […]
Safety fears have led to mass culls of birds near airports. But are such drastic measures necessary? In January 2009, in a “miracle” on the Hudson river, a stricken airliner ditched on the water with no loss of human life. But it was no miracle for the birds of New York, which were blamed for […]
Tianjin’s wetland sanctuary will serve as a rest stop for peckish migratory birds traveling along one of the world’s major flyways “Birds” and “airports” are two words that, paired together, don’t normally paint the most harmonious picture. That is, unless your idea of harmonious involves ultra-white-knuckle emergency landings in the Hudson River and the large-scale […]
Zebra stripe on the propellers of the aircraft can prevent the colliding with birds in the air, said the scientists from the University of Oslo’s Natural History Museum. They prove that monochrome stripes can scare birds away from planes and to reduce the incident in the air. The colliding of the aircraft with the birds in […]
Airbus Helicopters and Precise Flight have received expanded Supplemental Type Certificate (STC) approvals from the Federal Aviation Administration for the Pulselite Bird Strike Prevention System, Precise Flight announced on 31 January. This approval is an amendment to STC SH3319NM, bringing the total number of Airbus Helicopters aircraft models certified for the Pulselite System to 67, including […]
BIRD strikes are the number one cause of damage to planes and risk to passengers Australia’s crash investigator has found in its latest report. In its report, Australia Aviation Wildlife Strike Statistics 2006-15 , The Australia Transport Safety Bureau found that strikes have increased significantly over the past two years and continue to pose a […]
Since 2001, MacDill Air Force Base has housed the 6th Air Mobility Wing, which provides air refueling and airlift operations in the southeastern United States and to military operations in Europe and Southwest Asia. It is home to 3,000 airmen, three C-37A’s and a dozen KC-135R’s, a Stratotanker with a maximum transfer fuel load of […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Most of the safety recommendations stemming from the ditching of a crippled airliner in the Hudson River, now the basis of a new movie, have yet to be followed more than seven years after the event. An Associated Press review of National Transportation Safety Board records found that of the 35 recommendations […]
