16 years after Sully's 'Miracle on the Hudson,' bird strikes at area airports are up, federal data shows
Voluntarily reported bird strikes at local airports have increased 46%, according to a Newsday analysis of FAA data.
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Can a bird strike bring down a passenger plane? The tragic mid-air collisions which claimed hundreds of lives - as expert warns fatal incidents could become MORE frequent
Potentially fatal mid-air bird strikes and rare 'black swan' events ... plowed into a forest moments after takeoff at Elmendorf Air Force Base, just north of Anchorage. And in January 2009 ...
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Bird Strikes Are a Common Problem for Flights
Still, from 1988 through 2023, wildlife strikes involving civilian and military aircraft killed 76 people in the United States ... A Deadly Air Force Crash in Alaska One of the deadliest aircraft ...
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Could a bird strike have caused S Korea plane crash?
Bird strikes are very common. In the US, more than 19,600 wildlife strikes ... One notable incident is a 1995 crash near an Air Force base in Alaska. Some 24 Canadian and American airmen were ...
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Experts question bird strike theory as cause of deadly South Korean plane crash
Experts are questioning the initial theory that a bird strike caused the deadly crash of Jeju Air flight 7C2216 in South ... agencies for years. In the US, wildlife strikes cause more than $ ...
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Bird strike, a possible factor in the South Korea plane crash, has taken down relatively few planes
A Jeju Air plane crashed in South Korea, killing 179 of 181 on board. Investigators are considering the role of a bird strike in the crash. Bird strikes have not caused many plane losses, and ...
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Bird strikes are a common problem for flights
AFTER a Jeju Air plane crashed as ... Still, from 1988 through 2023, wildlife strikes involving civilian and military aircraft killed 76 people in the United States, according to a Federal ...