Aviation's efforts to prevent bird strikes, from chickens at engines to hawks at airports
The plane crash at Jeonnam Muan International Airport in South Korea has brought renewed attention to the dangers posed by ...
Could a bird strike have caused S Korea plane crash?
South Korean officials are conducting an emergency safety investigation after 179 people died in the country's worst-ever ...
Bird strikes are one of aviation’s biggest problems – and they are on the rise
On Sunday, a Jeju Air Boeing 737-800 crashed at Muan International Airport in South Korea, killing all but two of the 181 ...
Bird Strikes Are a Common Problem for Flights
It is not uncommon for planes to strike wildlife, but most episodes don’t result in deaths or serious injuries.
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A major crash shows bird strikes are real. Here's how Salt Lake airport tries to prevent them
The highest profile bird strike in recent memory happened in 2021 when the Utah Jazz's charter flight was forced to return to the Salt Lake airport after colliding with a flock of birds during ...
Experts question bird strike theory as cause of deadly South Korean plane crash
Experts are questioning the initial theory that a bird strike caused the deadly crash of Jeju Air flight 7C2216 in South ...
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Bird strike, a possible factor in the South Korea plane crash, has taken down relatively few planes
Although colliding with birds has always been a risk of flying, it has brought down comparatively few modern aircraft. Some experts said of the Sunday crash that a bird strike was unlikely to be ...
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Could a bird strike have caused S Korea plane crash?
Some 24 Canadian and American airmen were killed after an aircraft collided with a flock of geese. A bird strike also caused the famous "Miracle on the Hudson" incident in 2009, when an Airbus ...
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Bird strikes are one of aviation’s biggest problems – and they are on the rise
Often, a bird strike will go unnoticed until the aircraft is inspected back on ... into the Hudson River after colliding with a flock of Canada geese. The story of how Captain Chesley “Sully ...
Experts question bird strike as cause of South Korea plane crash
Israeli forces detained more than 240 Palestinians including dozens of medical staff from a north Gaza hospital they raided ...
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Bird strikes are a common problem for flights
Most of those strikes involved birds, but the FAA’s definition ... crashed into Boston Harbor. The aircraft, a Lockheed L-188 Electra, struck a large flock of starlings immediately after takeoff.