It is not uncommon for planes to strike wildlife, but most episodes don’t result in deaths or serious injuries.

Essentially, pilots see bird strikes, which occur when a bird collides with a plane's engine, cockpit window, or nose, every day in the United States, said Shawn Pruchnicki, a professor at the ...

A Jeju Air Boeing 737-800 skidded down the runway and crashed in a fireball in South Korea, and investigators are just beginning the process of figuring out why.

Bird strikes occur daily for commercial flights, costing airlines millions in damages each year. Although rare, these ...