July 17, 2009 A US Airways Boeing 737-400, registration N424US performing flight US-1101 from Charlotte,NC to Dallas Ft. Worth,TX (USA), was struck on its radome by a bird. The crew checked the airplane while holding at 8000 feet and subsequently decided to carry on to Dallas, where the airplane landed... 

July 19, 2009 The collision of birds with aircraft, bird-strike accidents, during takeoffs near airports is becoming a grave concern for Ethiopian aviation authorities. At a sensitization workshop organized by the Ethiopian Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) on Thursday at the Addis Ababa Ghion Hotel,... 

April 17, 2009 Pilot Wants Others To Share In His Lesson There are a lot of things on Bob Behren’s mind as he prepares his Piper Aerostar for flight. “Checking the flaps to see if there are any obstructions,” said Behren as he walked around the Tarmac at Palm Beach International Airport. The... 

April 18, 2009 This year’s plane crash into the Hudson River sparked international attention about the danger birds can pose to airplanes. It’s a threat pilots at Offutt Air Force Base take very seriously, and now there’s a new tool helping them monitor the skies. New technology... 

April 20, 2009 Portland’s wonderful airport is one of those who want to keep secret the reports on how often bird strikes occur around American airports, and where they occur. UPDATE, 11:30 p.m.: I have tracked down the Port of Portland’s comments, here. Here’s the most interesting... 

May 31, 2009 The Indian air force has slanted to a more ornithologically conscious approach to flight planning following a bird strike involving one of its aircraft and reported in the flight levels. A huge four-engine IAF IL-76 transport was flying at more than 22,000 feet when it struck a yet-unidentified... 

June 2,  2009 The Jan. 15 ditching of US Airways Flight 1549 in the Hudson River vividly illustrated the dangers of midair collisions between birds and aircraft. But what led to the “miracle on the Hudson” happens more often than the public realizes. Bird and wildlife strikes cause more... 

June 12, 2009 Standing near one of two runways at Air Station Cape Cod yesterday, Peter Jamieson fired a starter pistol armed with a “screamer” shell, and a startled killdeer called back with a shrill, agitated whistle before flying away. Even something as tiny as a killdeer, an 8-inch... 

May 19, 2009 A Northern Colorado Med-Evac Bell 407 Helicopter en route from Greeley to a hospital south of Denver suffered as bird strike two miles from Swedish Medical Center (landed at Centennial Airport) at 1:10 a.m. Sunday May 17. The 4 people aboard were uninjured. The helicopter made an emergency... 

May 19, 2009 An EMS helicopter transporting a patient to a Denver area hospital was forced to abort the mission and land at an airport instead of its intended destination, Swedish Medical Center. The pilot of the North Colorado Med Evac Bell 407 helicopter said a pigeon came through the top right portion...