A Royal Australian Air Force relief operation to help Papua New Guinea islanders displaced by last week’s high seas has hit a snag after a bird strike grounded the plane. The RAAFC-130 was approaching top speed on the Kaybayan Runway in New Ireland Province when low flying birds struck the left... 

Bird strikes have left a Royal Australian Air Force plane stranded in Papua New Guinea. The plane was delivering aid supplies to the flood-stricken New Ireland province. An RAAF pilot was forced to abort the first take-off attempt from Kavieng airport when a bird struck the left-hand propeller, causing... 

Officials Say Plane Suffered ‘Multiple Bird Strikes’ An encounter with a large flock of birds while on approach to Rome Ciampino Airport resulted in a rough emergency landing for a Ryanair jet Monday morning. The Associated Press reports the Boeing 737-800 took off in Frankfurt as Flight... 

A TU-134 was taking off from Gvardeyskoye (Ukraine) Air Base when nr.1 engine failed and caught fire, possibly as a result of a bird strike. Takeoff was aborted but the Tupolev overran the runway and burst into flames. All the 20 occupants survived, but 3 were injured. Video  Read More →

A Delta Airlines Boeing 767-300, registration N135DL performing flight DL91 from Orlando,FL to Atlanta,GA (USA) with 271 people on board, struck a bird while climbing to 5000 feet out of Orlando and ingested the bird into the left hand engine. The engine was shut down, the crew declared emergency and... 

A Continental Airlines Boeing 767-400, registration N68061 performing flight CO60 (dep. Nov 30th) from Newark,NJ (USA) to Brussels (Belgium), suffered a bird strike while on approach to Brussels. The landing around 8am local time was safe. Continental Airlines reported, that the affected engine needs... 

The crew of an Iberia Airbus A320-200, flight IB434 from Madrid Barajas,SP to Bilbao,SP (Spain) with 30 passengers, declared emergency and returned to Barajas Airport after a bird struck the right engine shortly after takeoff. The engine failed and had to be shut down. The landing about 30 minutes... 

A Wizz Air Airbus A320-200, registration HA-LPF performing flight W6-753 from Bucharest (Romania) to Valencia,SP (Spain) with 141 passengers, encountered a flock of birds while climbing through 4500 feet after takeoff from Bucharest’s Baneasa Airport. A loud bang was heard from the left hand... 

“I was on a flight back to Singapore this morning and we had a bit of a drama during the approach and landing. “First it was an approaching thunderstorm from the South of Singapore that caused all aircraft to land from the opposite direction away from the storm. It was during this high workload... 

The problems of aviation, and those visible at the nation’s airports today, emanate from poor maintenance culture, maladministration, inconsistencies in government policies, poor funding of the industry and the dearth of professionals among others. // < ![CDATA[ GA_googleFillSlot( "AllAfrica_Story_InsetA"...