Miracle in the Cornfield
A Russian airline pilot averted disaster Thursday, safely landing an Airbus A321 jet with over 230 passengers and crew on board in a cornfield near Moscow after it struck a flock of seagulls and lost power in both engines. The Crimea-bound Ural Airlines plane was forced to touch down without landing gear deployed after seagullsRead More
Kenya to purchase avian radar
The Kenya Airports Authority (KAA) plans to spend Sh1 billion in curbing bird strikes that have been the main cause of emergency landings across the country. These emergency landings result in engine damages costing billions to repair. The problem has persisted because the birds use the same levels and flight paths as the planes. The mostRead More
Indian fighter jet pilot drops fuel tanks then ejects after bird strike
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 flownRead More
Bombs away over north Florida
And since birds are causing bombs to fall from the sky, we thought we would post yet 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 AirRead More
Harrier Crashes in North Carolina after Possible Bird Strike
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.Read More
Bird strike in Japan causes extensive damage
A bird strike has caused more than $2 million damage to a Japan-based Marine Corps F-35B Lightning II fighter, according to a U.S. military spokesman. “On May 7, 2019, an F-35B with Marine Aircraft Group 12, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing aborted take-off due to a bird strike at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni and safelyRead More
Low-flying helicopter crashes after bird strike
Some islanders are asking, how fast and how low should helicopters fly over island waters? Rookie pilot Josef Bakker miscalculated a turn and ended up nose down in Sarasota Bay near Coquina Beach early April 13. Pilot Stan Lee had been flying helicopters for more than 30 years when his copter crashed Jan. 2 intoRead More
Damaged Sensors May Have Led to Crashes
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. ButRead More
Arkansas airport seeks new approaches to control geese
Officials have learned it will take more than a laser or a fake coyote to scare geese away from the municipal airport. City officials of Bentonville, Arkansas, have tried different methods to get geese to leave the property, with little success, and are looking into more options, said Dennis Birge, transportation engineer. “It’s a hazardRead More