29 December 2008 Bird strike has been effectively ruled out as a potential cause of an engine failure on an Air New Zealand plane last week. The plane, operated by Air New Zealand subsidiary Mount Cook Airlines, made an emergency return to Wellington Airport shortly after 6pm on Friday, after an... 

Jul 07, 2006 Emergency services were put on standby after a multiple bird strike to an engine of a Dunedin-bound flight yesterday. But the flight, which had originated in Auckland, with 136 people on board, landed safely at Dunedin International Airport, the Otago Daily Times reported. The bird strikes... 

A Jetstar Airways Airbus A320-200, registration VH-VQR performing flight JQ-117 from Denpasar Bali (Indonesia) to Perth,WA (Australia), suffered a bird strike and ingested the bird into an engine while just touching down at Perth. The landing was safe.  Read More →

Belgian investigators believe a bird-strike on a Kalitta Air Boeing 747-200 freighter at Brussels Airport triggered the crew to abort take-off at a late stage, causing the jet to overrun and break up. DNA analysis of organic material recovered from the site shows that a kestrel struck the starboard... 

BRUSSELS – A kestrel falcon was blamed Monday for the crash in May of a US-owned Boeing 747 cargo plane as it took off from Brussels airport, breaking apart but causing no injuries. The bird was sucked into one of the four engines on the massive Kalitta Air jet, stopping it from taking off, said... 

25 July 2008 NEW DELHI: An Air Mauritius aircraft had to abort a take-off at New Delhi airport after striking a large bird. // < ![CDATA[ google_ad_client = "pub-9229630960624375"; /* 300x250, created 27/05/08 */ google_ad_slot = "6860552906"; google_ad_width = 300; google_ad_height = 250; //... 

4 February 2009 DENVER: A United Airlines passenger jet has returned safely to Denver airport in Colorado after a bird hit one of its engines shortly after takeoff. The engine continued working, says the airline, and none of the 151 passengers and crew was injured. The Boeing 757 had just left for... 

The Feather Identification Lab at the Smithsonian Institution has discovered DNA. Well … we’re going to be using it in our BASH efforts anyway! The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is joining the U.S. Air Force’s feather identification program at the Smithsonian Institution... 

HONDURAS, April 10: A Continental Airlines Boeing 737-800 was forced to make an emergency landing in Honduras after a bird was sucked into one of its engines shortly after take-off. The aircraft was carrying 76 passengers and crew, none of whom were injured. Initial media reports from the Honduran... 

There has been a sharp rise over recent years in the number of bird strikes on aircraft, and this trend is proving very costly to airlines and a serious threat to passenger safety. Research undertaken at Lihue Airport on Kauai, Hawaii, indicated that 91% of strikes involved a single bird, and that...