July 23, 2009 Bird strike to Air Malta A319 en route from Malta (Mala) to Reggio Calabria at Reggio Calabria airport. After the bird strike, the plane landed safely and was towed. Passengers transferred to another plane to complete the trip to Rome.  Read More →

July 25, 2009 Six months after a flock forced US Airways Flight 1549 to make an emergency landing, Logan Airport is testing a new system designed to keep the skies clear of conflict. NBC’s Tom Costello reports. ,  Read More →

July 25, 2009 Steven Lima, left, a biology professor at Indiana State University, prepares a model airplane for a flight over the research center grounds. Esteban Fernandez-Juricic, an associate professor of biology at Purdue University, holds the wings before a test run past a flock of geese. A... 

July 25, 2009 A remote-controlled model airplane repeatedly buzzed four Canada geese at a rural airstrip early Friday morning, resulting in much honking. But don’t blame the ruffled feathers on a misguided hobbyist. The man with his hand on the joystick was biology professor Steven Lima and the... 

July 26, 2009 Pulsating lights could be one solution to keep birds away from airplanes as officials investigate new ways to reduce the chances of bird strikes at airports across the nation. According to a Cleveland newspaper, scientists at the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Wildlife... 

April 24, 2009 Travelers can get their first glimpse of federal data today documenting where and how often planes hit birds. But as the Federal Aviation Administration publically releases its bird strike data for the first time, the agency itself acknowledges the information is far from complete. It’s... 

January 30, 2009 A state official says that New York City and Long Island are home to an excessive number of Canada geese. State game bird specialist Bryan Swift says there is about five times the number of Canada geese than should be supported by the region’s land mass. He says the area is... 

April 24, 2009 Airplane collisions with birds have more than doubled at 13 major U.S. airports since 2000, according to Federal Aviation Administration data released for the first time Friday. Eleven people have died in airplane collisions with birds or deer since 1990, the data show. Topping the list... 

May 6, 2009 Sen. Charles Schumer intends to file legislation mandating bird strikes be reported to the Federal Aviation Administration. New York Sen. Chuck Schumer said today that each time a bird hits an airplane, it should be reported to the Federal Aviation Administration. Schumer said he’s... 

July 23, 2009 An Air Malta Airbus A319-100, registration 9H-AEM performing flight KM-612 from Malta (Mala) to Reggio Calabria (Italy), struck a bird while on approach to Reggio Calabria. The crew continued for a safe landing. A replacement aircraft performed the onward leg to Rome Fiumicino. The incident...