May 27, 2009 A Kingfisher Airlines Airbus A320-200, flight IT-3148 from Indore to Mumbai (India), ingested a bird into an engine while on initial climb. The airplane returned to Indore for a safe landing. A post flight inspection revealed damage to several compressor blades. A replacement aircraft... 

May 11, 2009 Arch’s plane approaches the bird Red Bull claims it gives you wings – but it appears its pilots guard them jealously after one competitor mowed down a bird in a race. Austrian pilot Hannes Arch was competing in the Red Bull Air Race when he swung past a race pylon. // <... 

Ivanoff wins after Arch hits bird following takeoff May 11, 2009 Nicolas Ivanoff banks into a turn in the skies above downtown San Diego yesterday en route to winning the third edition of the Red Bull Air Race. No one around the Red Bull Air Race scene ever questioned Nicolas Ivanoff’s potential. “On... 

May 11, 2009 Nicolas Ivanoff of France won the second Red Bull Air Race World Championship of the season in San Diego on Sunday with a superb run in the finals while championship leader Hannes Arch of Austria fell to third after suffering a bird strike that tore a grapefruit-sized hole on the back... 

June 10, 2009 Companies Disagree On Technology There’s an old saying in aviation that “a bird in the prop will cause the airplane to stop.”  Bird strikes have always been a cause for concern in the aviation industry, and one of the topics scheduled to be reviewed at this week’s... 

July 22, 2009 An Olympic Airlines Boeing 737-400 en route from Alexandroupolis Alexandroupolis’ Democritus Airport to Athens suffered a birdstrike with 60 passengers on board. The OA took off, and shortly afterward flew through a flock of birds, several of which were ingested. The plane made an emergency... 

July 21, 2009 Public Meeting Will Be Webcast The National Transportation Safety Board will hold a public board meeting Tuesday, July 28, at 0930 in its Board Room and Conference Center in Washington, D.C. There is one item on the agenda. The Board will consider a final report on the following accident: On... 

July 21, 2009 A bird strike and a mechanical failure grounded two attempts to fly to Ibiza Monday. A Transavia Boeing 737 bound for Ibiza returned to Amsterdam’s Schiphol airport twice Monday. The flight first ran into problems 20 minutes after takeoff when it hit a falcon, reports the ANP press... 

July 22, 2009 An Olympic Airlines Boeing 737-400, registration SX-BKX performing flight OA-941 from Alexandroupolis to Athens (Greece) with about 60 passengers, ingested a bird into an engine shortly after takeoff and returned to the Alexandroupolis’ Demokritos Airport for a safe landing. The... 

July 21, 2009 A Delta Airlines Boeing 767-300, flight DL-61 from Atlanta,GA (USA) to Rio de Janeiro,RJ (Brazil) with 216 people on board, struck a bird while landing at Rio de Janeiro’s Carlos Jobim International Airport. The airplane rolled out safely. The runway was briefly closed for an inspection,...