A Marine Corps AV-8B Harrier crashed in North Carolina, and the pilot is being treated at a local hospital after safely ejecting from the plane, according to the Marine Corps. The service announced that a Harrier based out of Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point crashed near Havelock, the town just behind the air station. […]
The crashes of two Boeing Co. 737 Max jets in five months have focused attention on a little-known device that malfunctioned, starting a chain reaction that sent the planes into deadly dives. Pilots have for decades relied on the weather-vane-like “angle of attack” sensors to warn them when they near a dangerous aerodynamic stall. But […]
Adds Boeing CEO quote, former United exec Engines left at full take-off power throughout flight, data show Sensor possibly damaged by bird strike shortly after take-off Pilots left jet pointed down before cutting MCAS, data show Boeing says software fix will prevent similar accidents By Tim Hepher, Eric M. Johnson and Jamie Freed as reported […]
In an instant, the windshield to Rob Weber’s small airplane shattered while a thousand feet in the air. “I was pretty much on the edge of blacking out,” he describes. A camera in the cockpit captured it all. When you slow down the video, you can see a bird fly right through the windshield, forcing […]
An Indian fighter jet crashed on Friday, March 8 in desert close to the border with Pakistan, likely caused by a bird strike, the defense ministry said. The Russian-made MiG-21 Bison jet was on a routine sortie from Air Force Station Nal in western Rajasthan state when it crashed near Bikaner at around 2:30 p.m., […]
Indian investigators have disclosed that the crew of a GoAir Airbus A320 shut down the wrong engine after experiencing powerplant vibrations following a birdstrike on take-off. The aircraft (VT-GOS) had been departing runway 09 at Delhi, bound for Mumbai, on 21 June 2017. At around 115kt the aircraft suffered a birdstrike on the right-hand CFM […]
The horror incident happened as the Irish registered Ryanair flight approached an Italian airport Disaster was narrowly avoided as a Ryanair jet slammed into a runway after a flock of birds were sucked into the engines. The horror incident happened as the Irish registered Ryanair flight was approaching Ciampino Airport in Rome 6.55am. The aircraft […]
GOLDEN GATE, Fla. – A small plane crashed Saturday afternoon near Everglades Boulevard S in Golden Gate. Two people were on board the plane, the Collier County Sheriff’s Office said. They were hurt and taken to the hospital. A loud boom is what neighbors heard Saturday afternoon, and when they came out they found a […]
Hundreds of gulls painted in shades or orange, blue and green are now flying above Wellington. Wellington Airport organised for the black-backed gulls found in the region’s landfills to be painted so they could be tracked to see how they contributed to birdstrike. Head of operations Matt Palliser said the favourable weather enabled the birds to be spray-painted […]
