April 25, 2009 JFK airport shares space with wetlands and birds NEW YORK — Sprawled along the edge of a giant coastal wetlands area, John F. Kennedy International Airport shares airspace with thousands of birds — many of which wind up as carcasses on the runways after colliding with aircraft. For... 

April 25, 2009 New York, Sacramento airports lead in bird strikes WASHINGTON — Airplane collisions with birds or other animals have destroyed 28 aircraft since 2000, with New York’s Kennedy airport and Sacramento International reporting the most incidents with serious damage, according to Federal... 

April 22, 2009 LaHood to reject FAA secrecy on bird data WASHINGTON — Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood says he intends to overrule the Federal Aviation Administration on its plan to keep secret data on where and when collisions between birds and airplanes occur. LaHood told The Washington Post... 

June 9, 2009 Pilot: Bird warnings from tower of little value WASHINGTON — The pilot of the US Airways plane that ditched into the Hudson River after colliding with a flock of Canada geese told safety officials Tuesday that warnings from air traffic controllers to pilots of birds in the vicinity of... 

April 22, 2009 Safety board objects to FAA secrecy on bird data WASHINGTON — Federal safety officials who investigate air crashes have told the Federal Aviation Administration they “strongly disagree” with the regulatory agency’s proposal to make secret its data on when and where collisions... 

May 5, 2009 WASHINGTON – A new study has found that animals can gain easy access to runways and infield areas at small airports, increasing the likelihood of planes striking those animals. The study, by Gene Rhodes, a professor of forestry and natural resources at Purdue University, covered 10... 

May 6th, 2009 Schumer: Mandate bird strike reporting WASHINGTON — New York Sen. Chuck Schumer said Wednesday that each time a bird hits an airplane, it should be reported to the Federal Aviation Administration. Schumer said he’s filing legislation that would make the reporting mandatory. The... 

April 23, 2009 DOT’s LaHood says gov’t secrecy is for the birds WASHINGTON — The government is opening up its records of tens of thousands of collisions of birds with airplanes, such as the accident that led US Airways Flight 1549 to ditch into the Hudson River. Transportation Secretary Ray... 

April 24th, 2009 FAA makes public its airplane-bird strike data WASHINGTON — The Federal Aviation Administration has made good on its promise to release for the first time, records of where and when airplanes have struck birds over the last 19 years. The disclosures come thanks largely to pressure... 

June 13th, 2009 Museum experts ID birds that bring down planes CHICAGO — When animals are the prime suspects in a whodunit, who gets on the case? In capers where feathers or fur are the smoking guns, the role of CSI is often played by top natural history museums. They can even tell when the perp...