July 17, 2009 The Ministry of Transport and Communication said stakeholders should join hands in the efforts being made to ensure air transport safety. Opening a consultative meeting organized under the title “Aircraft bird strike and wildlife hazard prevention” yesterday, Transport and Communication... 

January 16, 2009 It almost sounds like a joke – something out of a Bugs Bunny cartoon, maybe. But “bird strikes” are apparently a serious problem for pilots and planes. That’s, apparently, what happened to a U.S. Airways jet that was forced to land in the Hudson River after taking off New York’s... 

March 6, 2009 Sikorsky has alerted operators that certificated aftermarket cast acrylic windscreens built by Bell Helicopter affiliate Aeronautical Accessories are less tolerant to impact damage than the heavier original equipment glass and stretched acrylic windscreens built by Sikorsky. The action... 

June 10, 2009 As investigators continue to probe an Air France crash in the Atlantic Ocean, US officials are looking into a January bird strike on US Airways Flight 1549. The jet collided with a flock of geese shortly after take off from New York City. The dramatic landing in the Hudson River by Captain... 

Sat, 03 Jan ‘09 Tragic Accident Killed CFI and Student An investigation into the night-time training accident that killed two pilots in the fall of 2007 has revealed some troubling data… with strong evidence that a goose collision contributed to the outcome. Pilot Adam Ostapenko (20),... 

A TU-134 was taking off from Gvardeyskoye (Ukraine) Air Base when nr.1 engine failed and caught fire, possibly as a result of a bird strike. Takeoff was aborted but the Tupolev overran the runway and burst into flames. All the 20 occupants survived, but 3 were injured. Video  Read More →

The problems of aviation, and those visible at the nation’s airports today, emanate from poor maintenance culture, maladministration, inconsistencies in government policies, poor funding of the industry and the dearth of professionals among others. // < ![CDATA[ GA_googleFillSlot( "AllAfrica_Story_InsetA"... 

The radio-controlled model, with the Astore’s falcon aspect, could be employed to repel, in a few minutes, the various species of birds present on the airports (WAPA) – “A ‘Predator’ teleguided model, named ‘Falco Robot’, has been presented in the last days...