The pilot of a Royal Air Force Typhoon has landed safely after an unusual incident saw the jet’s canopy jettisoned over the ...

These are two extreme examples that demonstrate that bird strikes can cause substantial damage to aircraft engines. However, the important point to note is that these aren't typical circumstances.

As a result, the chances of an accident are slim. Between 1990-2015 there were 160,894 bird strikes on US aircraft. Only .025% (40) of those strikes resulted in an accident. Despite the low risk ...

South Korean officials investigating the fatal Jeju Air crash have published a preliminary report of the accident.

UDRI's researchers can perform a wide variety of bird strike and foreign object damage (FOD) impact tests on aircraft structures or aircraft engine components. Projectiles as small as grains of sand ...

with experts casting doubt on Moscow's suggestion that a bird strike was to blame. Azerbaijan Airlines Flight 8243, an Embraer 190 aircraft, was flying from the Azerbaijani capital of Baku to the ...

"It’s not a question of will a bird strike happen — it’s when it happens, what weapons do we give pilots ... two of them resulting in destroyed aircraft or other significant damage, which ...

Mid-air bird strikes are rare but not entirely uncommon and seldom deadly because aircraft can operate on one engine for some time. Why the landing gear didn’t deploy also remains unclear ...

In the majority of bird strike incidents, pilots are able to land the aircraft safely with little or no damage. Often, a bird strike will go unnoticed until the aircraft is inspected back on the ...

In South Korea alone, there have been 650 bird strike incidents involving aircraft operating at 14 airports over the past five years, according to Chosun Ilbo. The frequency of these incidents has ...

Although colliding with birds has always been a risk of flying, it has brought down comparatively few modern aircraft. Some experts said of the Sunday crash that a bird strike was unlikely to be ...