We normally wouldn’t post something like this except it is just so dramatic! AN INDIAN Air Force pilot escaped death after flying into a flock of birds on takeoff during a training exercise. The pilot was forced to drop his fuel pods resulting in a fiery explosion at the Ambala airbase. The birds had flown […]
And since birds are causing bombs to fall from the sky, we thought we would post yeat another one… MOODY AIR FORCE BASE, Ga. (AP/WCTV) – The Air Force says it’s investigating after a fighter jet from Moody AFB struck a bird and dropped three dummy bombs used for training over North Florida. Moody AFB […]
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 […]
