Andrew Councill for The New York Times James Whatton and Marcy Heacker, research assistants; Carla Dove, the director; and Faridah Dahlan, a genetics specialist, all work at the Feather Identification Lab at the National Museum of Natural History. Published: January 24, 2009 WASHINGTON — Clues from... 

BAGRAM AIRFIELD, Afghanistan — Flying an F-15E Eagle fighter may be the sexiest job the military has to offer. The least sexy may be bagging up the beaks, talons and feathers smeared on the jet’s exterior when an Eagle hits a sparrow at 500 miles per hour. Michael M. PhillipsAn F-15E... 

Geese, cranes, buzzards — even moose and armadillos — have plagued aircraft since the dawn of aviation. Now federal regulators are fighting back. The National Transportation Safety Board is putting together a broad list of recommendations on wildlife strikes, according to people familiar... 

There’s no official word yet on what caused an Airbus 320 to crash into the Hudson River Thursday, but the Federal Aviation Administration says the pilots reported a bird strike shortly before going down. Strong as big jets are, small birds can do lots of damage to jet engines. Bird strikes have... 

The following are accounts from witnesses and survivors of the US Airways crash in New York’s Hudson River. A passenger is brought onto a boat after the US Airways plane he was on landed in the Hudson River. Trouble Began Shortly After Takeoff A crash survivor, Jeff Kolodjay, who was seated... 

Jul 1st 2009 The bird strike in the skies above LaGuardia airport yesterday didn’t faze the passengers–they didn’t know it occurred. When American Airlines Flight 1256 was arriving from Miami, getting ready to land, it met up with some of our feathered friends. Good-bye birds. Also,... 

Robert Stolarik for The New York Times The partly submerged Airbus A320 floated along a pier in Battery Park City on Thursday night. More Photos > // < ![CDATA[ writePost(); // ]]> Published: January 15, 2009 A US Airways jetliner with 155 people aboard lost power in both engines,... 

Federal investigators are pursuing early indications that the US Airways jet that crash-landed in the Hudson River was struck by geese shortly after taking off — a type of collision that has caused problems for pilots since soon after the first airplane flight. Multimedia Photographs Plane Crashes... 

WEST PALM BEACH, FL (WFLX) – Blame it on the birds. Officials say the pilot of U.S. Airways Flight 1549 reported a “double bird strike” less than a minute after takeoff. A passenger says, “I don’t know what happened. There was a explosion over the plane and we had to make... 

Birds getting sucked into an engine is a routine hazard for pilots. But the multiple bird strikes suspected of disabling both engines of the US Airways plane Thursday may be a first for a modern jetliners. According to a Federal Aviation Administration official, the pilot reported flying through a...