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Airplane Crashes Into Wild Pig On Runway, Reveals Zimbabwe's Air Safety Failures

Times Online | Jan Raath | Posted 11.08.2009 | World

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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 11.02.2009 | Home

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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 Hits LaGuardia-Bound Airliner, Plane Lands Safely

NBC New York | Jennifer Millman | Posted 07.31.2009 | New York

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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 06.26.2009 | Green

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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 05.28.2009 | Green

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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 05.25.2009 | Home

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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 03.07.2009 | Comedy

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 02.15.2009 | Home

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 02.15.2009 | Home

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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