Bird strikes, while increasing ... The U.S. aviation system prioritizes safety through rigorous standards, training, and a collaborative cockpit culture. Whenever there's a high-profile aviation ...

Feathers and bird blood ... wildlife strikes on planes from 1990 to 2023. Researchers like Pruchnicki are working to better understand this phenomenon and its risks to aviation safety.

The border collies have an important job: ensuring the safety of passengers and crew by keeping birds and wildlife away from ...

Geoffrey Dell, an Australian airline safety expert, told Reuters: “I’ve never seen a bird strike prevent the landing gear from being extended.” Trevor Jensen, an Australian aviation ...

Between 2008 and 2017, the Australian Transport Safety Board recorded 16,626 bird strikes. In America, the Federal Aviation Administration reported 17,200 bird strikes in 2022 alone. Where do bird ...

There were more than 27,000 aircraft fatalities between 1988 and 2021, according to the Aviation Safety Network, putting bird strikes as a factor in fewer than 1.8% of deaths. Most of the deaths ...

It is not uncommon for planes to strike wildlife ... Transportation Safety Board said in January 2023, a bad sensor reading was caused by an object, most likely a bird. That bad reading activated ...

The NTSB’s decision to open a formal investigation into a December 2023 bird strike involving a Southwest Airlines Boeing 737 MAX 8 will add scrutiny to the rarely needed safety device triggered ...

After experiencing an aborted take-off following a bird strike on a passenger plane, producer Polly Weston asks, how dangerous are aircraft collisions with birds? On the 30th December 2024 ...

A bird strike involving an American Airlines jetliner disabled one of the plane's two engines shortly after takeoff from New York's LaGuardia Airport, forcing the flight to turn around and land at ...

A Jeju Air plane crashed in South Korea, killing 179 of 181 on board. Investigators are considering the role of a bird strike in the crash. Bird strikes have not caused many plane losses, and ...