July 29, 2009 A Delta Airlines plane getting ready to take off from JFK this evening struck several birds, forcing the pilot to hit the brakes, flattening two tires in the process. The Boeing 767 did not suffer any other damage and nobody was hurt, aviation officials said. There were 202 passengers... 

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July 21, 2009 CORPUS CHRISTI — A malfunction in the design of the throttle and a bird strike caused two training aircraft from Naval Air Station Kingsville to crash in separate incidents in 2005. The causes of those incidents were released to the Caller-Times last week. The T-45A Goshawk that crashed... 

July 29, 2009 American Airlines’ MD-80 An American Airlines jet was forced to make an emergency landing Wednesday shortly after taking off in Missouri after one of its engines was disabled by a collision with a bird. The American Airlines MD-80 jet landed at Lambert Airport in St. Louis shortly... 

Why the Sudden Rise in Flying Accidents? July 29, 2009 It seems that every few weeks there is news about another collision between birds and planes. So what’s happening in the skies? Are birds organizing and forming terrorist flocks with the purpose of attacking a plane? Certainly “bird... 

July 29, 2009 The fatal connection between a flock of American white Pelicans and a Cessna Citation 500 business jet at 3,100ft over a lake in Oklahoma in March 2008 is the fuel behind some new safety recommendations issued by the US National Transportation Safety Board yesterday. The collision... 

July 29, 2009 An American Airlines MD-83 flight from Saint Louis, Missouri enroute to Los Angeles, California suffered a bird strike to it’s right engine shortly after takeoff this evening and was forced to make an emergency landing back at the St. Louis Airport. Flight 449 was carrying 140... 

July 29, 2009 An American Airlines plane made an emergency landing in St. Louis after its right engine was struck by a bird. Flight 449, carrying 140 passengers and 5 crew members, was heading to Los Angeles when the bird strike occurred shortly after taking off from St. Louis’ Lambert Airport around... 

July 29, 2009 An American Airlines flight made an emergency landing in St. Louis after a bird was pulled into an engine. No injuries were reported among the 140 passengers and five crew members aboard the MD-80 jetliner bound from Lambert-St. Louis International Airport to Los Angeles on Wednesday. An... 

July 29, 2009 An American Airlines flight made an emergency landing in St. Louis after a bird was pulled into an engine. No injuries were reported among the 140 passengers and five crew members aboard the MD-80 jetliner bound from Lambert-St. Louis International Airport to Los Angeles on Wednesday. An...