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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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  • 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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    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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    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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    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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  • 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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    Kalitta Air Flight 207 (category Airliner accidents and incidents caused by bird strikes)
    stopover at Brussels. On May 25, 2008, the Boeing 747-200 suffered a bird strike and overran runway 20 (later renumbered to 19) during takeoff at Brussels...
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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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    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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    Eastern Air Lines Flight 375 (category Airliner accidents and incidents caused by bird strikes)
    of 72 on board were killed in the accident. It remains the deadliest bird strike in aviation history. N5533 and its crew came into Logan that day as Flight...
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    Retrieved 4 August 2024. "Incident: Saudia A321 at Dammam on Aug 29th 2013, bird strike". The Aviation Herald. Retrieved 4 August 2024. "Incident: Qatar A332...
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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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    History; these forensic techniques for identifying species of birds involved in bird strikes led to aircraft safety improvements. Laybourne was raised in...
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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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    for the crash, several causes were proposed. These included possible bird strike, corrosion or similar structural failure, or collision with a target...
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    Masked lapwing (category Birds of Australia)
    happening decrease. Strikes are much rarer on humans because they are more aware. Sometimes the bird can damage its wing in a strike but usually survives...
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