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

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.

Voluntarily reported bird strikes at local airports have increased 46%, according to a Newsday analysis of FAA data.

"A bird strike on an engine might shut an engine down ... Eyewitnesses to the crash that killed 179 people said they observed flames in the aircraft's engine and heard explosions, reports say.

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 ...

(Image credit: UK MOD Crown copyright 2024) While aircraft canopies are designed to be resistant to bird strikes, and their effectiveness in this aspect is heavily tested, it can never be ...

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 ...

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 ...

South Korean authorities have submitted their preliminary findings on the Jeju Air crash that killed 179 people to the ...

Bird strikes are especially dangerous during take-off and landing when aircraft are at low altitudes and most vulnerable. To reduce the risks, airports normally implement several strategies ...