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A bird strike may have caused Royal Thai Air Force F-5 fighter jet’s recent crashing

6 December 2021 News by Gary Searing

A bird strike is thought to have caused the recent Royal Thai Air Force F-5 fighter jet crash, which saw the pilot suffering injuries after being ejected from the plane. The Air Vice Marshal, Prapas Sornchaidee, says a large bird struck the plane, confirming Wing Commander and pilot, Suthimet Ouamdee’s statement. He says he was forced
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Are pigs the answer to bird strikes? One airport is trying to find out

25 November 2021 News by Gary Searing

Pigs may not actually fly, but they might have a role to play in keeping air travel safe. Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport has employed 20 of the animals as part of a pilot project aiming to reduce the number of bird strikes on aircraft. Collisions between aircraft and larger birds, such as geese, can pose serious danger, particularly if the
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Frozen chickens and slow climbs: How the aviation industry deals with birdstrikes

30 October 2021 News by Gary Searing

A vulture hit an A350 this week as the aircraft neared the end of its flight from Bogotá, Colombia, and made its final approach into Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD). The bird, which can weigh around 13 kilograms and have a wingspan of 2.7 metres, impacted the nose of the aircraft, fracturing the radome that houses the weather
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Pilot of plane in deadly Chandler mid-air collision thought crash was bird strike

22 October 2021 News by Gary Searing

CHANDLER, AZ (3TV/CBS 5) — A new preliminary report from the National Transportation Safety Board details the moments leading up to a mid-air collision that killed two people earlier this month in Chandler. It says the pilot of the small plane involved thought they had hit birds and likely never saw other aircraft. It was
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Bird strikes cause engine fires in two separate events only days apart

3 October 2021 News by Gary Searing

Engine ingestions are rare events. Even rarer are engine ingestions causing fires. So two fire events in 3 days is remarkable __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ A Kallitta Air Boeing 747-4H6 (BCF), performing flight CKS330, landed at East Midlands Airport (EMA/EGNX) Castle Donnington, Leicestershire, UK. During the landing rollout there was something ingested by engine #3 (General Electric CF6,
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Control bird menace

1 October 2021 News by Gary Searing

Uncollected refuse from different parts of the Kathmandu Valley does more than just pose health risks or create an eyesore – it also puts air safety at risk, with birds, attracted to the waste, threatening to hit planes as they take off or land at Tribhuvan International Airport (TIA). Since the beginning of August, trash
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Planes four times as likely to hit birds during migrations

24 August 2021 News by Gary Searing

The risk of airplanes colliding with birds jumps by as much as 400% during periods of migration, according to new research from the Cornell Lab of Ornithology and partners, who have been looking for patterns in bird-strike data from three New York City-area airports. “Out of all the bird strikes recorded at Kennedy, Newark and
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Snarge: the gruesome result of our holiday flights and why it’s important to study it

21 July 2021 News by Gary Searing

It’s just as unpleasant as the name sounds: ending up as goo smeared around the inside of an aircraft’s engine is a very real risk for birds. Bird strikes can also be a problem for other frequent fliers, namely us. You might think that in a bird-versus-aeroplane-engine situation, an enormous machine would surely win, but
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Two killed in Durban helicopter crash

3 May 2021 News by Gary Searing

KZN police have confirmed two people died in a helicopter crash in Durban on Monday morning. Police spokesperson Captain Nqobile Gwala said a helicopter crashed on the M19, near the N2 freeway, at around 8.15am. “It is alleged that the plane crashed on the island in the Umgeni River. Two pilots, believed to be in
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Birds vs. Planes: Embry-Riddle Students Conduct Study of Aircraft Wildlife Strikes

29 March 2021 News by Gary Searing

As an instructor at the Brazilian Air Force Academy, Flavio Antonio Coimbra Mendonça was flying in formation when one of his colleagues experienced a bird strike to the leading edge of his aircraft’s right wing. It was a relatively minor incident — not nearly as dramatic as the U.S. Airways Flight 1549 landing on New
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