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    A bird strike (sometimes called birdstrike, bird ingestion (for an engine), bird hit, or bird aircraft strike hazard (BASH)) is a collision between an...
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    compressed-air gun used to fire bird carcasses at aircraft components in order to simulate high-speed bird strikes during the aircraft's flight. Jet...
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    Bird–window collisions (also known as bird strikes after the aviation term or as window strikes) are a problem in both low- and high-density areas worldwide...
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    US Airways Flight 1549 (category Airliner accidents and incidents caused by bird strikes)
    although 100 people were injured, some seriously. The time from the bird strike to the ditching was less than four minutes. The Governor of New York...
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  • enemy ground position Bird strike, collision between an airborne animal and a man-made vehicle, especially aircraft Bridge strike, collision of an over-height...
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    Ural Airlines Flight 178 (category Airliner accidents and incidents caused by bird strikes)
    flight carried 226 passengers and seven crew. The flight suffered a bird strike after taking off from Zhukovsky and crash landed in a cornfield, 5 kilometres...
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  • This is a list of birds by flight height. Birds portal Organisms at high altitude List of birds by flight speed Laybourne, Roxie C. (December 1974). "Collision...
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    plane after a bird strike happened to the plane in which he was flying in California. A similar incident in 2020 involving a bird strike in the engine...
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    following bird ingestion and bird strikes breaking cockpit windshields. Jet engines have to be designed to withstand the ingestion of birds of a specified...
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    year-long investigation, it was concluded that an engine stall, caused by a bird strike was responsible for the crash. Both of the occupants attempted to eject...
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    Investigators later focused on the bird strike theory. Investigators later stated that the impact of the bird strike might have caused the pilot to become...
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    not cause significant damage to the rest of the aircraft. Thus, if the bird strike causes it to "throw a blade" (break apart in a way where parts fly off...
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    for instance, may strike with the bony spurs and bite when defending eggs or young. Feathers are a feature characteristic of birds (though also present...
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    plane, landing on the Hudson River after both engines were disabled by a bird strike. All 155 people aboard survived. After the Hudson landing, Sullenberger...
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    problematic birds from airfields to reduce bird strike risks, minimize agricultural losses due to pest bird foraging, displace nuisance birds that cause...
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    Canada goose (category Birds of Canada)
    Migratory Bird Management". fws.gov. Pynn, Larry (April 5, 2014). "Bird strikes plummet at Vancouver airport". Vancouver Sun. "Wild birds and the law"...
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    Overseas National Airways Flight 032 (category Airliner accidents and incidents caused by bird strikes)
    claimed to be the largest commercial airliner ever destroyed due to a bird strike. The aircraft was a 2-year-old McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30CF registered...
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    Ryanair Flight 4102 (category Airliner accidents and incidents caused by bird strikes)
    B. Pastine International Airport, in Rome, Italy, suffered multiple bird strikes while landing. Of the 172 people on board, two crew and eight passengers...
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    flipped over, crushing the canopy. 1 November 1996: Pilots ejected after a bird strike caused a catastrophic engine failure while in a night landing pattern...
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    1973 DeKalb–Peachtree Airport Learjet crash (category Airliner accidents and incidents caused by bird strikes)
    General Electric CJ610 turbojet engine underwent bird strike testing, during which chloroformed birds are passed through a test engine.: 5  However, the...
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    turn around after an engine was damaged by a bird strike. About 10 minutes into the flight, the bird strike and subsequent explosion in the engine forced...
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    following bird strike". WRGT. Retrieved May 24, 2023. Grant, Teddy (April 23, 2023). "American Airlines plane returns to Ohio airport after possible bird strike...
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    178, an Airbus A321, encountered a flock of seagulls resulting in a bird strike that caused fires in both CFM56-5 engines just after takeoff from Zhukovsky...
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    Caribbean Airlines Boeing 737-85P (WL) flight BW552 suffered a suspected bird strike and subsequent engine vibrations after takeoff from Argyle International...
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    Kalitta Air Flight 207 (category Airliner accidents and incidents caused by bird strikes)
    other end. The bird strike also caused the thrust reversers to not engage, thereby not adequately slowing down the aircraft. The bird strike, the malfunctioning...
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    caged. Bird strike – A fortnight after the accident the mutilated body of a large bird was found on Seven-Mile Beach. It was considered the bird, which...
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  • survived, with only five serious injuries. The accident was due to a bird strike with a flock of Canada geese, which disabled both engines. The entire...
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    reason of the accident was an engine failure and destruction due to a bird strike, which resulted in a fire which led to a loss of control and crash of...
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    team members. 20 March 2002 A T-4 suffered a bird strike. 14 October 2006 T-4 #5 suffered a bird strike at Gifu AB during training for an airshow but...
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    from foreign competitors and surpasses them for noise and emissions. Bird strike tests on the fan, including high-speed video and vibration measurements...
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