The pilot is alive, he managed to eject. In the Karatay district of Konya, the F-5 plane belonging to the Turkish Stars team crashed as a result of a bird strike. The pilot reportedly escaped by jumping out of the plane. Ministry of National Defense of Turkey noted that the pilot is alive having managed […]
The Republic of Korea Air Force (ROKAF) said that the crash of a KF-16 on June 8, 2021, was caused by a bird strike. On June 8, 2021, a ROKAF pilot was forced to eject from his KF-16 fighter during a takeoff run. The incident took place at Seosan Air Base (HMY) in western South […]
An Air Force B-52H Stratofortress bomber was recently damaged in a skirmish along the northern U.S. border with foes a fraction of its size: birds. Air Force spokesperson Justin Oakes said Tuesday that a B-52H at Minot Air Force Base, North Dakota, hit a flock of birds in midair Nov. 3, prompting an investigation into […]
Russia authorities have come to the conclusion that the crash of a military plane in Yeysk (Russia), as a result of which 15 people died, was caused by the ingress of seagulls into the engine of the bomber. Source: TASS, citing a source in the security forces Details: Two seagulls had got into the engine […]
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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 […]
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 […]
