Jun 21, 2009 An Air Canada Embraer ERJ-190 en route from Orlando to Montreal suffered a bird strike. After a normal lift-off and flight, on approach to Montreal, birds struck the plane’s right wing lodging the flaps in an extended position. Despite the slat problem, the plane landed safely within... 

June 26, 2009 A Finnish Air Force BAe Hawk jet suffered a birdstrike in Kauhava in western Finland on Friday, with the pilot landing the aircraft without incident. Lieutenant-Colonel Kari Partinen, the commander of the Hawk squadron at the Training Air Wing in Kauhava, said the bird had hit the aeroplane’s... 

A Pinnacle Airlines Canadair CRJ-200 on behalf of Northwest Airlines, flight 9E-2294/NW-2294 from Chattanooga Lovell,TN to Memphis,TN (USA), struck a number of birds during initial climb from runway 20. The crew leveled off at 4000 feet and decided to return for a safe landing on runway 20 about 20... 

July 4, 2009 A bird strike at Benazir Bhutto Shaheed International Airport right after take-off caused the pilots to request an emergency landing. No one was injured, and the flight took off after a delay of four hours.  Read More →

Seattle-based aviation accident attorney Robert Hedrick said that liability is a tricky thing when it comes to birds colliding with planes. Here’s his take on bird strikes: While at first glance it appears that bird strikes causing aircraft to go down are faultless accidents, sometimes referred...