Bird Strike

Hawk Brought Down Marine Chopper

AP | Posted 05.18.2012

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CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. (AP) — A bird strike caused a deadly helicopter crash at Camp Pendleton last year that killed two Marines, according to a Mar...

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Bird Strike: Plane Struck By Bird Lands Safely At LAX

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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LOS ANGELES — The Federal Aviation Administration is blaming a bird collision for the emergency landing of a passenger plane at Los Angeles Inte...

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Bird Strike Causes Plane To Make Emergency Landing

AP | BEN DOBBIN | Posted 05.25.2011

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ROCHESTER, N.Y. — Two jetliners crossed paths with flocks of Canada geese shortly after taking off from airports on consecutive days in New York...

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Miracle on the Hudson, Not the Only Aviation Success Story

Christine Negroni | Posted 05.25.2011

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Every year there are aviation events that go unnoted because actions of pilots, flight attendants and air traffic controllers prevented something bad from becoming awful.

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Pigs Don't Fly:

Times Online | Jan Raath | Posted 05.25.2011

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It took a wild pig on the runway at Harare International Airport to reveal what many Zimbabweans have long feared: the country's Civil Aviation Author...

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Bird Strike Sends Delta Flight Back To Phoenix Airport

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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PHOENIX — Authorities say a Delta Air Lines flight headed to Utah has safely returned to Phoenix after one or more birds hit the aircraft. Fede...

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Bird Strike Endangers LaGuardia Plane Again

NBC New York | Jennifer Millman | Posted 05.25.2011

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A bird strike has once again endangered a plane flying near LaGuardia Airport -- an incident that recalls the near-miss celebrated as "The Miracle on ...

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Bird Strike Worries Complicate New York's Garbage Plan

AP | JOAN LOWY | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — About 700 yards from the end of a LaGuardia Airport runway, where thousands of planes take off and land, New York officials want to...

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FAA: Wildlife Strikes On The Rise, Destroying Planes

npr.org | By Deborah Tedford | Posted 05.25.2011

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The annual number of collisions between aircraft and wildlife quadrupled from 1990 to 2007 and poses a growing threat to aviation, according to a Fede...

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Bird Strike Data Released By FAA

AP | MICHAEL J. SNIFFEN | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — Airplane collisions with birds or other animals have destroyed 28 aircraft since 2000, with New York's Kennedy airport and Sacramen...

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The Difference Between First Class And Coach

Huffington Post | Alex Leo | Posted 05.25.2011

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When a US Airways jetliner crashed into the Hudson River last month, everyone survived. More than 150 passengers and crew members got into boats befor...

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Hudson River Plane Crash: Video Of Other Plane Crashes, Photos, Map

The Huffington Post/AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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A US Airways jetliner crashed into the Hudson River on Thursday afternoon after a flock of birds apparently disabled both its engines. Rescuers pulled...

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Bird Strike: What May Have Brought Down The US Air Flight? (PHOTOS, VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Danny Shea | Posted 05.25.2011

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MSNBC is reporting that US Air Flight 1549, which has crashed into New York's Hudson River en route from LaGuardia Airport to Charlotte, NC, may have ...

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