A WestJet Boeing 737-800 bound for Victoria from Calgary has landed in Vancouver after striking a flock of birds on Tuesday, smashing the aircraft’s nose cone in. A statement by the airplines said a decision was made to divert to Vancouver due to the availability of maintenance resources. It said the flight landed normally and […]
Flying birds ‘interface with aircraft is increasingly becoming a recurring headache for the global aviation industry. Huge cost borne by airlines to replace damaged engines and the attendant effects on air safety is forcing airport authorities to evolve containment measures, writes KELVIN OSA OKUNBOR. Birds strike is causing incalculable damage to the global air transport industry […]
Work crews soon will begin trimming trees and clearing underbrush at Bird Island, a haven for about 1,000 cattle egrets at Elmendorf Lake, to help prevent a potentially catastrophic bird strike involving military aircraft. Under a timeline announced by the city and the San Antonio River Authority, the crews will begin cutting and trimming Monday. […]
Kites have been involved in the highest number of bird strike cases across civil and defence airports, during take-off and landing across India, over the past 52 years, revealed data from the Indian Air Force (IAF). At the International Conference on Wetland and Migratory birds in Lonavala on Wednesday, the IAF presented their own data […]
JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-FORT SAM HOUSTON, Texas — Todd Unruh never believed they were going to die. Even covered in glass, in pain and flying blind, the pilot felt a sense of calm. “At no point did I think about my daughter being without a father; I didn’t let that emotion come into play,” he […]
Rabbits at Ireland’s Dublin Airport are being sucked up by plane engines as jets taxi down runways, according to the Irish Post. So far this year, 11 bunnies have reportedly been “ingested” by motors while authorities have managed to relocate another 44 rabbits that were in harm’s way. Neither Irish aviation officials nor the rabbits have […]
During recovery, there was a bird hit and fire on the right engine was observed. A MiG-29K fighter aircraft crashed in South Goa’s Dabolim on Saturday soon after it took off for a training mission, Indian Navy said. Both the pilots have managed to eject safely. The aircraft involved in the crash was a trainer […]
On Tuesday, a US Air Force F-16 fighter crashed outside Trier, western Germany, with its pilot reportedly ejecting safely and being taken to hospital. US aircraft have been stationed at bases across continental Europe since the end of WWII, and Tuesday’s incident certainly wasn’t the first, even in the last decade. On October 8, 2019, […]
Nearly 10% of all fighter accidents involve bird-hits, which cause irreversible damage to the engines. IAF has long suffered the problem. New Delhi: Amid a recent spate of bird-hit incidents, the Indian Air Force (IAF) is set to start — for the fourth time in 10 years — the process of procuring bird-detection radars or […]
It’s called the “Miracle on the Hudson.” On January 15, 2009, U.S. Airways Flight 1549 left LaGuardia Airport in New York City en route to Seattle via Charlotte. Shortly after takeoff, the plane hit birds and lost two engines. Faced with few options, the captain, Chesley “Sully” Sullenberger, took elusive action and landed the plane […]
