1- FAA Issues Draft Advisory Circular on Airport Avian Radar Systems: FAA has issued a DRAFT version of Advisory Circular (AC) 150/5220-25, Airport Avian Radar Systems. This AC provides the specifications, performance standards, and basic deployment principles of an AIP eligible avian radar system. We are specifically interested in the number of airports that are […]
The Vancouver Sun Airport takes predatory approach to avian conflicts. Several measures — at a cost of more than $1 million annually — are employed to keep birds off runways, including falconers and shotguns As a 737 passenger jet screams overhead, Vancouver International Airport unleashes its latest weapon in the battle to improve aviation safety. […]
A new conference has been scheduled for Dubai in the Autumn. Emerging Markets – Fall of Debris / Bird Strike Prevention Conference 2011” will be held in Dubai on the 26th& 27th October 2011, under the patronage of Department of Civil Aviation, Dubai, and organized by Arabian Reach MFZ LLC, in association with Media Sultan […]
NEW SMYRNA BEACH, Fla. — A pilot and passenger aboard a single-engine airplane over Central Florida were injured Monday in a possible midair bird strike that significantly damaged the aircraft, authorities said. Fire officials said the plane landed safely at New Smyrna Beach Municipal Airport around 11 a.m. after its windshield shattered during flight. The […]
TRB’s Airport Cooperative Research Program (ACRP) Synthesis 23: Bird Harassment, Repellent, and Deterrent Techniques for Use on and Near Airports reviews techniques for reducing bird collisions with aircraft and the relative effectiveness of the various techniques. http://www.trb.org/ACRP/Blurbs/Bird_Harassment_Repellent_and_Deterrent_Techniques_165829.aspx
Alaska Airlines Capt. Steve Cleary of Federal Way, Wash., and First Officer Michael Hendrix of Seattle were honored with Superior Airmanship Award Aug. 18 by the Air Line Pilots Association International for their handling of a bird strike during takeoff at Sitka last year. Cleary and Hendrix were piloting Alaska Airlines Flight 68, a Boeing […]
Collision with bird caused pilot to make emergency landing at Squamish Terminals. http://www.squamishchief.com/article/20110902/SQUAMISH0101/110909995/-1/SQUAMISH/airplane-crash-lands-at-squamish-terminals
A Saudi Air Force Hawk jet trainer crashed on Tuesday after a bird strike on its engine, the Saudi Defence Ministry said in a statement cited by the SPA news agency, adding that the pilot ejected safely. General Ibrahim al-Malek told AFP the accident took place in the northwest of the kingdom in the Tabuk […]
A British Airways Boeing 777-200, registration G-VIIU performing flight BA-93 from London Heathrow,EN (UK) to Toronto,ON (Canada), had already intercepted Toronto's localizer runway 33R descending from 4000 to 3000 feet about 9nm before touchdown, when the crew reported a bird strike, but continued for a safe landing on runway 33R and taxied to the gate. A […]
A Westjet flight bound for Calgary had to return to YVR this morning after an apparent bird strike. The plane left Vancouver airport at 7 a.m. this morning, but just minutes after takeoff passengers and crew sensed a strange smell. The plane then had to burn fuel, and returned to YVR about an hour later.
