Bird strike caused fatal crash of illegally chartered Cessna 500 in Oklahoma in 2008
In March of 2008, a chartered Cessna 500 (registration N113SH) crashed two minutes after taking off from Oklahoma City's Wiley Post Airport (PWA), killing the two pilots and three passengers on board. The U.S. National Transportation Board (NTSB) has issued a report on the accident, citing "airplane wing-structure damage sustained during impact with one orRead More
Bird-strike concerns: Oregon airport seeks to fill ponds
EUGENE, Ore. (AP) — Eugene Airport officials say they want to fill ponds near the main runway to reduce the risk of birds striking airplanes. The ponds near the airport attract numerous kinds of birds and have been a worry for years. Now, the airport is seeking permission from the U.S. Army Corps of EngineersRead More
Bird strike reporting on the rise in the US
By: Megan Kuhn Source: Flightglobal.com Wildlife strike reporting is on the rise in 2009 compared to 2008 in the US, driven by several factors including greater public awareness following the forced Hudson River landing in January of US Airways flight 1549 due to a strike involving Canada geese. There is increased awareness about strikes after 1549Read More
Old Tech Finds New Use Fighting Big Problem
Most of the time, the Bird Strike North America Conference is just another obscure meeting only known to those within the field. But when your field draws headlines after birds send an Airbus A320 into the Hudson River, suddenly your conference gets a whole lot of attention. Such is the case at the 2009 meetingRead More
NTSB Recommends Several Revisions On Bird Strike, Operations Regs
Reforms Suggested For Airports, Flight Plans, Maintenance. The NTSB Tuesday issued a list of recommendations for changes in FAR's that it says will enhance bird strike prevention, and beef up safety for charter operators. For preventing and reporting bird strikes, NTSB said that the FAA should revise the bird-strike certification requirements for 14 Code ofRead More
Birds over Moscow dump menace Sheremetyevo airport
Waste disposal dumps are never popular, especially if you live near one. But a trash heap near Moscow is causing alarm further afield, with one of the city's airports claiming it could endanger lives in the sky. http://russiatoday.com/Top_News/2009-10-08/birds-dump-menace-airport.htmlHIGHEST DUTY: My Search for What Really Matters
by Capt. Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger, with Jeffrey Zaslow. William Morrow, 352 pp. The first of many disasters and near-disasters recounted by the hero of the so-called "Miracle on the Hudson," is chilling, yet instructive. On 15 Jan. 2009, more than 40 years later, Sullenberger would avoid fatal errors when US Airways Flight 1549 suffered a birdRead More
Fewer bird strikes by seeding the way
The 75th Civil Engineer Squadron Natural Resources department is teaming up with the Ogden Air Logistics Center and 75th Air Base Wing Bird/Wildlife Avoidance Strike Hazard working group to provide a natural and low-cost method of removing birds from the airspace around Hill Air Force Base and the Utah Test and Training Range. The groupsRead More
The Evolution of Social Media’s Role
The AirSafe.com News This article features a video based on a presentation that AirSafe.com's Dr. Todd Curtis gave at the 2009 Bird Strike North America conference. This show provides a general definition of social media and then provides specific examples of how it was used by AirSafe.com to expand the site's audience and to enhanceRead More