Bird Strike News

By Victoria Bischoff PUBLISHED: 18:29 EST, 11 June 2013 | UPDATED: 05:08 EST, 12 June 2013 Airlines are facing a revolt from holidaymakers who have been delayed and then denied compensation. Approximately 120 travellers a day are lodging official …

The indigenous facility will also carry out tests for runway debris, hail stones and other foreign object damage as part of its research in flight safety News | by IANS BANGALORE, INDIA: The state-run Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) …

By Juan Escandor Jr. Inquirer Southern Luzon 4:57 pm | Tuesday, June 18th, 2013 NAGA CITY, Philippines — A Cebu Pacific plane was grounded for hours on Monday after it was hit by birds as the aircraft landed at Naga Airport in Pili, Camarines Sur, …

Bangalore, June 17 (IANS) The state-run Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) and its National Aerospace Laboratories (NAL) have jointly set up a research facility here to test bird strikes on aircraft using air guns, the institute said …

David Asgeirsson, a captain with easyJet, agrees. "Although you are interacting with passengers through the door, you don't have to deal with them face to face." Both became pilots because of a childhood fascination with flying. With cadets …

As congestion increases, avoiding collisions between aircraft and birds is becoming a more pressing issue. The Indian Air Force, which conducts many operational and training flights and often at very low level, attributes around 10 percent of accidents to …

By Victoria Bischoff PUBLISHED: 18:29 EST, 11 June 2013 | UPDATED: 18:29 EST, 11 June 2013 Airlines are facing a revolt from holidaymakers who have been delayed and then denied compensation. Approximately 120 travellers a day are lodging official …

>> the mysterious incident at 26,000 feet forced an air china passenger jet to make an emergency landing . the entire nose is dented in. the pilot said the plane wasn't performing well and a loud bang was heard from the front of the aircraft. …

A large dent and scraped paintwork was visible on the Air China Boeing 757 after it landed safely at Chengdu Airport, having been forced to turn back after the pilot said he was struggling to control the plane. Investigators are said to be baffled by the …

BAKER, LA (WAFB) - Carolyn Walker says she is having trouble sleeping since a plane ripped through her roof in a small Baker subdivision and crashed into the homes of her neighbors.   "All of a sudden I heard something come. Bam!" said Walker.  …

The Air China Boeing 757 was forced to make emergency landing It landed with a severely dented and scratched nose cone Pilot heard a large bang and then the plane 'struggled to perform' By Becky Evans PUBLISHED: 16:05 EST, 10 June 2013 | UPDATED: …

Posted! A link has been posted to your Facebook feed. Tweeted! A tweet has been posted to your Twitter account. Sent! A link has been sent to your friend's email address. JetBlue planes at New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport on Feb. …

The skies seem to be getting smaller as another aircraft collides with birds. A JetBlue flight from Westchester, NY to Fort Myers, Fla., made an emergency landing Thursday morning at J. F. Kennedy International Airport. The cause: a bird strike. According …

A JetBlue flight from Westchester to Fort Myers, Fla., made an emergency landing Thursday at Kennedy Airport after reporting a bird strike soon after takeoff, a Federal Aviation Administration spokeswoman told Newsday. It was not immediately clear if the …

Getty Images A JetBlue flight from Westchester County to Florida was diverted to JFK Airport Thursday after a bird strike, the airline said. JetBlue said flight 1205 from White Plains to Fort Myers "experienced a bird strike shortly after takeoff.…

The dented Air China plane in Chengdu, Southwest China's Sichuan province on June 4, 2013. [Photo/CFP]  An Air China flight was forced to return to the airport after being hit by a flying bird, leaving a huge dent in the front of the plane on Tuesday …

In the immediate aftermath of the emergency, which saw the aircraft return to Heathrow with one of its engines ablaze, it had been thought the aircraft could have been the victim of bird strike. But this was discounted by the AAIB report. “Subsequent …

The plane was evacuated and none of the passengers or crew have been injured. Heathrow airport have confirmed that both runways had been closed as a result of an incident, which happened around 9am. Both the north and south runway have now reopened. …

It has been suggested that the cause of the fire was a bird strike. Clive Cook was walking with his daughter and saw the plane crossing the Thames near Battersea Bridge. He told Sky News: "I looked up and saw the plane coming through the clouds and …

Eyewitnesses reported seeing flames and a trail of smoke from the back of the British Airways plane, which was carrying 75 passengers and travelling to Oslo. Both runways were closed following the incident, which happened on a British Airways airbus A319. …