A plane crashed at a Douglas County golf course after striking at least one bird during take off Saturday morning, according to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). The plane, a single-engine Cessna 172S, had just taken off from Centennial Airport, Colorado at 6:15 a.m. The small plane ended up on its roof at Meridian Golf Club, […]
Passengers on board a flight out of Dunedin were blissfully unaware a situation was unfolding. During that trip, a bird had been sucked into an engine, with an aviation source confirming that a recent bird strike prompted Air New Zealand to strip and rebuild the engine. The airline did not comment on the incident, but David Morgan, Air New […]
Naval Aviation is built on a physically and mentally rigorous syllabus that requires students and instructors to overcome many challenges. Student Naval Aviators (SNAs) are sometimes required to make split-second decisions, respond to simulated emergencies and, occasionally respond to actual inflight emergencies. Some naval air stations that support SNA training are located in major migratory […]
A T-38C Talon training jet crashed in eastern Mississippi last November after a bird collided with its windshield — shattering the canopy, breaking its engines and prompting the lone pilot to eject, an Air Force investigation has concluded. The pilot, an instructor with the 49th Fighter Training Squadron at Mississippi’s Columbus Air Force Base, sustained minor injuries […]
The F/A-18D that crashed in March 2022 near Beaufort was caused by bird strikes into the plane’s engines according to crash investigation details released to Beaufort Gazette and Island Packet on Tuesday afternoon. The fighter jet was based out of Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort and the crash occurred on land owned by one of […]
Aviation officials urge safe disposal of animal remains on Eid to minimise incidents. Islamabad: As Pakistan prepares to celebrate Eid Al Adha, aviation authorities and the Pakistan Air Force (PAF) have launched a series of public awareness campaigns to address the increasing threat of bird strikes near airports. Signboards have been put up and pamphlets […]
Virgin Islands Port Authority announced Sunday that two of five passengers on board a Cape Air flight en route to King Airport from the British Virgin Islands were injured after the aircraft experienced an in-flight bird strike near Water Island. While airport rescue and fire personnel were activated, the plane landed safely and taxied on […]
This is a link to a lengthy and detailed article on the crash on the 12th of November 1975 of a DC-10 bound for Saudi Arabia which struck a flock of gulls while taking off from John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York. Miraculously no one was killed or even seriously injured (reminiscent of […]
A bizarre yet accurate method used to plan and prepare for high-speed bird encounters. On January 15, 2009, US Airways flight 1549 flew through a flock of geese shortly after take-off from LaGuardia Airport in New York. Both of the Airbus A320’s engines lost power. Captain Chesley “Sully” Sullenberger and First Officer Jeff Skiles managed to safely […]
The proposed advisory circular reduces the minimum acceptable size for reporting animal collisions. “Uh-oh!” This is not a phrase you want to hear in an airplane, but that was what the learner said when we encountered the red-tailed hawk on downwind. Before myself or the learner could react, the bird, flapping wildly and heading toward […]
