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... 

THE RAC rescue helicopter has been grounded after its windscreen was smashed in a bird strike yesterday. Perth now understands that the chopper sustained a bird strike to its windscreen  Read More →

An in-flight collision with at least one Canada Goose damaged the stabilator on a University of North Dakota twin-engined Piper PA-44-180 Seminole at 4,500ft (1,370m) on a cross-country flight over Minnesota on the night of 17 October 2007, making the aircraft uncontrollable, says a recently released... 

by Cliff Judy (WICHITA, Kan.) One Wichita “Jet” is now protecting dozens of others. McConnell Air Force Base says Jet, the border collie, is saving the base money and keeping their KC-135 tankers safe.  Each year, planes collide with migratory birds in mid-air causing hundreds of millions... 

A bird strike caused the 2007 crash of a University of North Dakota airplane that killed two people, the National Transportation Safety Board says. Student Adam Ostapenko, 20, of Duluth, Minn., and instructor Annette Klosterman, 22, of Seattle, died when the twin-engine Piper Seminole crashed in a... 

An AirCanada flight was diverted Monday afternoon after the pilot had reason to believe the aircraft struck a bird. AirCanada officials say Flight 921 was leaving Palm Beach International Airport and headed toward Toronto when they heard a noise that indicated a possible bird strike. The pilot landed... 

The crew of an Air Canada Airbus A320-200, registration C-FDSU performing flight AC-921 from West Palm Beach,FL (USA) to Toronto Pearson,ON (Canada) with 135 passengers, experienced a loud popping sound associated with an unexpected yaw while climbing towards 10.000 feet during departure from West... 

1/2/2009 The National Transportation Safety Board says a bird strike caused the crash of a University of North Dakota airplane that killed two people. Student Adam Ostapenko, 20, of Duluth, Minnesota, and instructor Annette Klosterman, 22, of Seattle died when the twin-engine Piper Seminole... 

The crew of a Jetblue Airways Airbus A320-200, registration N516JB performing flight B6-128 from New York JFK,NY to Burlington,VT (USA) with 84 passengers and 5 crew, reported flight control problems after a large bird, possibly a goose, had struck their aircraft just overhead the runway end. The crew... 

The crew of an Air Canada Airbus A320-200, registration C-FDSU performing flight AC-921 from West Palm Beach,FL (USA) to Toronto Pearson,ON (Canada) with 135 passengers, experienced a loud popping sound associated with an unexpected yaw while climbing towards 10.000 feet during departure from West...