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 […]
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 […]
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.” […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
NEW DELHI: The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) on Friday issued a fresh set of directives for airport operators to tackle “potential wildlife hazards” like animals on runways and bird hits. The regulator has issued two ways – passive and active management – to control this issue that aggravates during monsoon when wildlife activities […]
The AI makes decisions on target detection, tracking, aiming and firing, while the video camera captures real-time images of the assigned airspace. While the occurrence of bird strikes is not usually a cause of concern, it can become an issue if the bird makes contact with vital or fragile aircraft components. Airports worldwide have had dedicated airside departments […]
Reported strikes have increased greatly in recent years, so how can you prevent one? As we enter the summer months, one thing pilots increasingly have to contend with is the risk of hitting wildlife—aside from bad weather and long traffic lines. Here’s some startling insight: the FAA says the number of wildlife strikes reported per year increased […]
An aviation expert is confident the Dunedin City Council can keep gulls away from its planned landfill south of the city. The hearing on the the council’s Smooth Hill landfill application begins this week and will feature competing experts presenting evidence before independent commissioners in Dunedin over seven days. Questions about consultation, effects on the […]
