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 →

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... 

July 24, 2009 A number of Air Malta flights were delayed yesterday, after an aircraft had to be substituted due to a bird strike. The Malta-Reggio-Rome flight, landed safely at the south Italian city’s airport despite suffering a bird strike. The airline sent an aircraft to Reggio in the afternoon,... 

July 24, 2009 So is the amount of research to prevent them. The number of bird -aircraft strikes is growing, but so is the amount of research to prevent them. The world’s only site dedicated to bird – aircraft research is in Sandusky. It was an accident back in January where 2 migrant Canada... 

April 6, 2009 An Allegiant Air McDonnell Douglas MD-83, registration N868GA performing flight G4-745 from Orlando Sanford,FL to Allentown,PA (USA) with 138 people on board, returned to Sanford Airport after the airplane hit a bald eagle during take off. The crew decided to perform a low approach to... 

Apr 24, 2009 A Southwest Airlines Boeing 737-300, registration N632SW performing flight WN-595 from Norfolk,VA to Orlando,FL (USA) with 136 passengers and 7 crew, struck two large birds during the landing roll out on runway 17L at Orlando.  Read More →