Bird Strike News

An overview of current bird and wildlife strike hazard issues in aviation, featuring a selection of some of the best available online pictures and videos that feature bird and wildlife strikes to aircraft. Featured are events involving airliners, military aircraft. For more bird strike information, visit the Bird Strike Committee USA site at http://birdstrike.org

Tuesday, October 23, 2007

Historical Bird Strike Event on a 767

On 22 October 2007, the Associated Press reported that NASA had planned to not release a report on a survey of over 24,000 pilots about safe...

Friday, October 19, 2007

Russian Bird Strike Test

In this undated video, the windscreen of an unidentified Russian transport aircraft is subjected to a bird strike test where the test articl...

Multiple Bird Airliner Encounter

This undated strike event involved an in-flight encounter with multiple birds. At least one bird struck the wing of the unidentified jet tra...

Tuesday, October 9, 2007

Bird Strike on a Spaceship

Bird strikes are not just a problem for airplanes anymore. During the launch of Space Shuttle flight STS-114 on July 26, 2005, a bird hit th...

Saturday, July 14, 2007

Bird Strike on Small GA Aircraft During Landing

In this video, a small aircraft (apparently a Cessna 172) hit a bird during approach. The bird remained lodged in the left wing strut while ...

Friday, July 13, 2007

Aftermath of a Multiple Bird Strike During a Night Training Flight in a T-34

This is a local news report detailing the aftermath of a multiple bird stirke on a night training mission in a T-34. The instructor pilot wa...

Undated Video of an A-10 Hitting a Bird

A-10 Warthog Bird Strike

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